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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone else pointed out, it won't kill her to be in French instead of Spanish although you do need discuss it as a family and come to an agreement about what level of communication you expect to give and receive about her education choices.

I would like to give some different food for thought ...  As the parent of college and high school students, I have seen that choices in language courses do have some impact on college courses.

In my day all students in college were not [i]required[/i] to take language; however, both of our college students have been required by their school to take 3 semesters of language unless they tested out of 1 semester.  Therefore, it behooves students in middle school and high school to have an eye on the future and recognize that there is a nice benefit for them if they are already well-prepared for those 3 semesters.

Who knew that a choice they/we made in middle school would still be with them/us their sophomore year in college?  Our children fell into Spanish and there they have stayed but if we had had more clarity about it I think we might have encouraged other choices in high school (Latin, for example).

The time has passed for different choices for our high school and college students but we will be paying a lot more attention when our 6 year-old gets to the stage where he has a choice about the language that he takes.

Just wanted to give you a perspective from the other end of the spectrum ... I hope it helps.  I don't know if there is a 'right' answer about the language choice but clearly both your daughter and husband have opinions on it and they need to discuss those opinions and reach an agreement for going forward.[/quote]

THIS THIS THIS is what is absolutely ruining our kids and ruining our education system. She is not going to end up homeless or at a community college because she switched to French! You do not need to map this stuff out in Kindergarten. Teach her that you make choices, sometimes they turn out well and sometimes you don't and you change course. She is not signing a contract to take French for the rest of her life!! Good God this micromanaging and fear based child rearing is not going to lead to anything good. How will she find what she wants to do in life if you never let them veer off the prescribed STEM path? Create a love of learning, create curiosity THESE are the things that will serve them well in life and professionally - not all the "right" classes. Your job isn't to lead them it is to help them find their path![/quote]

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