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[quote=Anonymous]German is not a "niche" interest.  Having lived in Europe for years (and had my son in school there, in several countries), I can tell you that many, MANY European kids learn German as a second or third language, and they speak it fluently and at a level your American kid isn't going to learn in his high school.  It doesn't make him unique at all.

And just out of curiosity, what is the point of an American kid being a German major?

I worked in Germany for a number of years.  Most Germans are fluent in English and speak it better than many Americans.  Americans who speak German rarely speak it fluently, even after years of high school and college German.  What is he going to do "interpreters" of German (because Germans speak excellent English), and his German isn't going to be good enough to write and publish in that language (again, Germans speak excellent English, so no need or market for an American kid to become a translater).  The advent of AI translation tools further reduced whatever tiny niche market there may have been.

Your kid can learn German and feel good about speaking it well to actual Germans, who will maybe be persuaded to humor him by speaking to him in German instead of in their excellent English.  But this isn't a career path for your kid.
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