AP Spanish

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Ok guys I have a serious question. I have to take care of this soon since I would like to send out applications soon.</p>

<p>Right now I am in an AP Spanish class that I cant stand. The teacher is a b**ch and I had her frosh year and got a b. THe other 2 years I got solid A's in Spanish 3 and 4 honors. I really want to drop becuase I hate it and there is no way I am taking the AP exam. However, I am not sure if not taking Spanish senior year is a red flag. I really like spanish, but just cant stand it. My current schedule is below</p>

<p>AP Calc
Accounting Honors
AP Stat
Physics Honors
English Honors
AP Econ
AP Spanish
Gym</p>

<p>This schedule sucks and i want a study hall instead of spanish but I am not sure if dropping spanish is okay? Would 2 maths (3 if we include accounting) make up for the lack of a Spanish course?</p>

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<p>if you take another math class in the slot of spanish, then it's good, but if you just want to take a study hall instead of spanish, then it may look like you are being lazy.</p>

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<p>I have many teachers I really can't stand. You will face worse things in life than a bad teacher. Just take the class and shut up.</p>

<p>I will say it again as I've said for many a CCer: Spanish is way more fun when you take it outside of the classroom. Watch Spanish TV and read Spanish newspapers online. From BBC Mundo, I learned that MIT researchers developed a way to transmit electricity without cables. I never would have learned that otherwise, because I never saw that article in English. Also, Telemundo has this ridiculous show called "Amor M</p>

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<p>I love Spanish, but then again, look at my name... :D</p>

<p>Foreign language classes require much more than just studying in the class room. You have to live the language as well if you expect to gain anything out of them :) The teacher is really only a small portion of the entire package.</p>

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<p>^Agreed. My AP French teacher just assigned us 2 hrs of watching CBC Francais (we live near the border, dontcha know, and we get the channel) per week, and we need speaking partners outside class. You must eat, breath, and think Spanish for it to become fluent.</p>

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<p>Simply translating a few sentences you hear from a friend every day in your head can do wonders.</p>

<p>And AP Spanish can be difficult for even native speakers (well, slightly difficult if at all :P). We're usually very heavy Spanglish speakers.</p>