[texas_mrs]

My daughter will have three years of Spanish in high school. While she would like to learn another language, she would have liked to had a choice. My 3 year old grandaughter was counting in Spanish in the car today and also told me "Rapido!" when the traffic light turned green. (Thanks, Dora the Explorer)

What is the standard at other high schools around the country regarding a second language?

[pandoraou812]

Here in NJ my 2nd grade 8 yr old daughter is learning Spanish. Nobody asked me if I liked it. We are just supposed to go along with whatever NJ says. Next year we homeschool!

[Myrddin]

What is the standard at other high schools around the country regarding a second language?

My high school offered Spanish, French and German. I was required to take Spanish in my Chula Vista junior high school under provisions of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Previous to that, I had been force fed French in the elementary schools in Springfield, VA. I eventually selected German in high school and passed my proficiency exam at UCSD using the German SATII along with a test of verbal fluency with a native German speaker from the linguistic department. All this transpired between 1966 and 1976.