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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why middle schools need to stop pushing the kids to start taking a language. It can screw up your GPA and there is nothing you can do. I personally don't think languages should be started until 8th grade or do 1A in 7th grade and 1B in 8th because you can still make it to the 5th level of the language if you go until your senior year, and colleges only want a minimum of 2 and competitive colleges could ask for up to 4. [/quote]

EMPHATICALLY NOT. You're looking at it from a grade perspective, not from the intended purpose of learning a language, which is... learning a language!

Brains are more able to take in a language when they are young, the younger, the better. Language classes need to start in ELEMENTARY, and never count as anything other than the grade level they are taken in. 
Other countries start their language classes earlier than we do. We need to understand that we're not going to be the world's superpower for much longer, and that our kids need to learn languages at an earlier age without added pressure.

There is no rhyme nor reason to this "high school course" concept. Courses taken in middle school should be middle school courses, however advanced. Courses taken in high school should be high school courses. End of story.
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Agree! Language classes need to start in ELEMENTARY! Other countries start their language classes earlier than we do. [/quote]

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