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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We live in Baltimore so he is going to one of the Catholic high schools here and those are the languages they offer. I am pretty sure he doesn't like Spanish is because of the revolving door of Spanish teachers he has had in MS. He equates Spanish with drudgery but I think it is because they have had such uneven Spanish teaching for the last 3 years. He has no interest in French. [/quote]

There are a ton of kids taking Latin in the Baltimore area. It might be easier to find a tutor for Latin than German, just based on how many schools offer each language, if that is of concern. The semester I had a priest as my Latin teacher we were expected to speak it. If your son's going to a school where they're expected to do spoken Latin, that should probably be weighed in the decision.

The further you get in a language the more fun you can have. Upper level language classes often have include movies and interesting novels. If he's willing to give it a few minutes, perhaps ask the school if your son could get in contact with a Spanish student, a Latin student, and a German student? It's also not uncommon for kids to repeat a level of their foreign language when they move up to HS. How would he feel about starting HS at Spanish 3, so if it is a case where he didn't master the basics like he should have, because of inadequate teaching, he'll have time to pull that together.[/quote]

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