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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, the issue re:Spanish from what I got from the post is that the school claimed it wasn’t in their Charter but the in fact added Arabic which wasn’t in the Charter. Get it? It amazes me what people tend to focus on from a post.[/quote]

So neither Spanish or Arabic was in the charter and they decided to add Arabic.  Pretty stupid in my book.  How useful is Arabic going to be for you when in DC, you walk out on the street and Spanish is heard everywhere.[/quote]

Pretty useful if you want to be in the CIA. [/quote]

No kid is going to learn Arabic as an elective. You would need to start it in PK3 full immersion. [/quote]

I'll point out that Arabic isn't an elective at Latin.  Language study is a requirement. It starts at 8th grade for some, so they can take up to 5 years. Definitely not immersion, but there have been students who get very accomplished in Arabic if they also do one of the NSLI study abroad programs.   We've got acquaintances whose kid studied Arabic like this at Latin, went to Harvard and, after taking a placement test, skipped several levels higher than freshmen who studied in high school are generally placed. [/quote]

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