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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This AGAIN?

The bottom line is that you can get into a decent to good college without taking four years of a language in high school, but the very good and best colleges want to see four years, and why not? Foreign language is important. It’s a complicated world. Speaking a second language is an important thing. It’s a lot more important than a lot of the other bullshit classes that you have to take in high school. [b]Why is everybody so afraid of foreign language?[/b] [/quote]

I'm not afraid of foreign language. I speak three languages, including speaking a language other than English with my immigrant parents. But my child will be stopping his foreign language after this year (10th grade, Spanish 4) because he wants to take other things and he's in orchestra and doesn't want to drop it and there are only so many periods in a day. The truth is that that after four years of middle/high school Spanish, he still can't speak it. Not even close. It's been a huge waste of time (sadly). [/quote]

We’re not talking about your language ability or experience.  We’re talking about your kid’s.  Apparently his language abilities aren’t as good as yours.  [/quote]

His language abilities are definitely not as good as mine, and that’s okay. But apparently your language abilities aren’t that good either because you seem to struggle with reading comprehension in English. I mentioned my language abilities in response to the notion that people who don’t encourage their kids to take a language all four years of high school are afraid of foreign language or against their children learning one.[/quote]

You’re contradicting yourself.   The very reason you are arguing against your kid having to continue to take a foreign language is because by your own admission he’s not good at it. So, yeah, there’s fear there.[/quote]

I was just responding to the PP’s little dig that his abilities aren’t as good as mine. There’s no fear. He gets As in Spanish even though he can’t speak it. He’s stopping after 2 years of taking it in HS because he has other things he’s more interested in. If your kid wants to take a FL all four years, great! Go for it! [/quote]

Well, there’s no way to know for sure if it’s going to hurt him when it comes to college admissions, [b]but I hope it does[/b].[/quote]

Are you as awful in real life as you are online? [/quote]

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