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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I graduated from a high school in FCPS 15 years ago, nearly all of the native Spanish speakers took Spanish. No one else bothered with it because the class catered to them. I wouldn't assume much has changed. It's still an easy A. I believe FCPS should institute a rule at the high school level that the language studied cannot be the student's native language. [/quote]

By your reasoning, English speakers shouldn't be allowed to take English. Is that really what you want? Foreign language instruction in high school also involves reading, writing and grammar. Just because a student speaks a language doesn't mean they can read and write it. Giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to learn these skills actually makes them more employable.[/quote]

I know when I took high school Spanish in the midwest...the one's who did have Spanish speaking parents or relatives actually did not do well in the class.   They could speak it some...but could not write or read it very well.[/quote]

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