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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sophomore came home from school stressed that his Spanish 4 teacher only speaks Spanish in class and she talks fast and no one understands what’s going on except one kid who speaks Spanish at home. He said everyone’s saying the class is a gpa killer and he’s really worried he’ll end up with a C or a D. I had heard that there’s a big jump from Spanish 3 to Spanish 4, but this seems extreme. Has anyone had luck with a tutor for Spanish 4? I feel like my son doesn’t know any Spanish despite getting As and Bs in Spanish 3. We would’ve let him drop it this year, but we keep hearing most colleges require two years of the same language *in high school* (and he keeps telling me he has lots of friends who aren’t doing that, including some who have older siblings who’ve been through the college process). What are we missing? Should we have let him drop it??[/quote]

I am an immigrant so maybe take my anecdata with a spoon of salt.

I got a tutor for Spanish for my kids[b] before [/b]they even started Spanish in MS because MCPS (and most of USA)  sucks for Math, Science and Foreign Language

So, we hired a fantastic MCPS  Spanish teacher at the end of 5th grade and started in the summer after 5th grade.  Used all the textbooks too.  My kids were always ahead in Spanish and covered more syllabus than the normal school year allowed.  They finished their AP Spanish in 10th grade. In MS they did Spanish 1, 2 and 3.  9th grade was Spanish 4/5 and 10th grade was Spanish 5/AP.   They were straight A, magnet STEM students who are not native Spanish speakers.   Spanish never became a problem.  I could personally tutor my kids in all subjects from k-12,  but I do not  know Spanish, Chinese and French.  The  languages that was offered to the students. [/quote]

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