Anonymous wrote:Don't start over. A B is not struggling. If she wants an A, get her a good tutor, preferably a current or retired teacher who can prep her for the tests, pals . . . . My daughter was initially disappointed with her first quarter grades in both Spanish 2 and 3. She made appointments with her teachers and gave a bit more effort. Went on to take AP Spanish senior year and is a Spanish minor in college.

+1 Great reframe. Please remember that a grade of B is not a sign of failure or poor performance. She would be fine with 4 years of B Spanish.
That said, my DC, who did struggle with Spanish (in part because of poor instruction) did start over with a new language in 9th grade. He did three years of Arabic (got Bs) and didn't take a language in his senior year. Happily attending his first choice college.

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Anonymous wrote:If she can't get Spanish, she's not going to get another language. There's no language easier than Spanish. Maybe she needs to repeat or get a one on one tutor or go to Mexico for some immersion speech therapy.

Not necessarily true. Yes, Spanish is the easiest of the romance languages. However, she might find Chinese more interesting. It's also taught in a different way. That said, the majority of Americans are monolingual and somehow forget a foreign language even after studying it for several years in school and in college.

Of course it depends on who and where you are learning the language. At TJ for example, it is the most difficult language to take.

Anonymous wrote:If she can't get Spanish, she's not going to get another language. There's no language easier than Spanish. Maybe she needs to repeat or get a one on one tutor or go to Mexico for some immersion speech therapy.

Moronic.

Anonymous wrote:If she can't get Spanish, she's not going to get another language. There's no language easier than Spanish. Maybe she needs to repeat or get a one on one tutor or go to Mexico for some immersion speech therapy.

Not necessarily true. Yes, Spanish is the easiest of the romance languages. However, she might find Chinese more interesting. It's also taught in a different way. That said, the majority of Americans are monolingual and somehow forget a foreign language even after studying it for several years in school and in college.