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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took Russian, Finnish, Latin, German, English and Spanish in US. None of it was a waste, not even German I have never used. I could pick up German on my own if I needed it.
Everybody I know took 3 foreign languages. Some are better at Russian because of exposure, some in Finnish, most are can carry a conversation in English.
Learning all those languages does not come at an expense of other subjects. We beat everybody in math, science and ELA (well, our ela) on our continent last time it was measured. 
Learning languages is not hard. Bigger countries don't have a culture of learning languages. 
While I had a great Spanish teacher in US, he was all over the place and did not teach the language the way I had been used to learning languages.
DC is learning 2 foreign languages right now. I don't care for him to be bilingual but because we started quite early, he can probably just chill in his future Spanish classes or take Italian or French or simply take a test for credit. Now that saves up a lot of time to study for other classes.
I think this early exposure is important to kids to whom languages don't come easily, and a parent should know that.[/quote]

I agree. I learned Russian, French, Spanish, and Italian. None of it was a waste of time. My kids started in a second language any way we could muster it as toddlers, and they continued with that through 8th. In high school they placed out of those languages, so added Latin and a third language. In college they will likely add a 4th language. The goal isn't nativism.[/quote]

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