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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spanish and Mandarin are the only languages that make sense to teach at public school, based on regional demographics and world geopolitics and economics. [/quote] Given the amount of time available for language instruction at MCPS, I would warn that Mandarin is a hard language to learn. My kid learned it for a few years in private school when we lived overseas for many more hours per week and their progress in speaking/writing characters was pretty minimal relative to learning Spanish which is just an easier language for an English speaker to pick up quickly.[/quote] My kid hated Spanish and loves the challenge of Chinese. He went to language camp for a month so he could switch tracks.[/quote]
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