Dropping foreign language

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>At my school, most students take 3-4 years of foreign language. It's a New York City public school.</p>

<p>I'm sure you don't need more than 2 or 3 years of foreign language for many colleges, and I've already taken two years of spanish. It's my junior year and I really can't deal with spanish along with my honors and AP classes, therefore I want to drop it.</p>

<p>However, I went to my guidance counselor, and she said I have to get a letter from the assistant principal of the foreign language department, however, he rejected me a letter of approval to drop the course on the spot.</p>

<p>So, basically I'm stuck in this bureaucracy of a school in a foreign language course that shouldn't be mandatory by graduation standards.</p>

<p>What do I do? My guidance counselor isn't letting me, and neither is the assistant principal of the spanish department. This is ********.</p>

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<p>Sounds like you don’t have any other choice…</p>

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<p>It’s important to learn a foreign language. Many, MANY colleges require some type of foreign language while you are there and it is a pain to relearn a language. If you dislike Spanish, take a different language if you can. </p>

<p>You shouldn’t be forced to take it by your school though. If you want to drop it, you should be allowed to (unless it is a graduation requirement). Complain to the principal or the SI, and if that doesn’t work, get parents involved (but as an ultimate last resort).</p>

<p>FWIW, I think you should stick to Spanish. It’ll help you out in the long run.</p>

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<p>I already know a decent amount of spanish, as I’ve taken it for two years, and have all my credits. I got decent grades.</p>

<p>After I drop it this year, I’m planning on learning another foreign language senior year for a total of three years of foreign language by graduation—the requirement for the most advanced diploma. I just really don’t wanna take a foreign language this year, and they’re forcing me to.</p>

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<p>That doesn’t work.</p>

<p>You need 3-4 years of ONE foreign language. You can’t take German one year, Spanish the next, and French the last year. You have to take Spanish ALL three years (if you want to have a chance at many good universities).</p>

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<p>Then I’ll continue Spanish next year…</p>

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<p>^That works. Colleges might question the discrepancy, but as long as you have all your requirements…</p>

<p>Your school can’t force you to take the course. If you feel that you can’t handle your junior year course load, bring your parents into this.</p>

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<p>Wait, you want to take a year off and RETURN to Spanish? HUGE mistake. You forget so much and will really, REALLY struggle after a return.</p>

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<p>I would actually stick with the language. Many colleges these days actually want at least 4 years of the same language, preferably more.</p>

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<p>In my state for the honors diploma, you need either three years of one foreign language or two of two foreign languages. So I recoomend just toughing it out with Spanish. And the fact that you need permission to drop a class is bull.</p>

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<p>Funny, in my school it doesn’t make any difference… in my Spanish 3 class, our teacher literally reviewed the whole year on stuff that was covered in Spanish ONE…</p>