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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is dreading taking Spanish 5 next year as a junior; however it's required for the IB diploma so she's stuck. Luckily, she doesn't have to take it her senior year. I do think these language requirements are ridiculous once they've hit level 4.  If it weren't for the IB requirement, she would drop it and opt for an elective that she's much more interested in. [/quote]

Fun experiment. Talk to a 100 kids who took AP (any language) two years after they did. Count how many of them can hold a basic conversation. Maybe a couple will. The rest.. I see absolutely no reason to force language on everyone (saying this as someone who is fluent in 4 languages). [/quote]

My kid dropped after FL 3, when FL4 conflicted with another class and AP FL was taught by a terrible teacher (kid had them for FL2 and was not willing to subject themselves to that and self teaching AP FL to themselves).  So kid dropped and added in an AP STEM course instead.  Kid is ENG major with CS minor at a T40 school.  Don't think the no AP FL was the reason they didn't get into T20 schools.   My kid would have been miserable with the FL so instead opted for the AP courses that made much more sense for their interests.  [/quote]

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