<p>Yes, Latin may be a good way to go. He didn’t really like his class in 8th grade, but it was online, so an in person class will probably be a lot more interesting to him.</p>
<p>His current Italian class meets twice a week for 2 1/2 hours each time. I don’t think he could stomach four days a week of that! LOL</p>
<p>But if he can actually place out of FL with a good AP or SAT II score, he did agree it might be a good idea to stick it out for another semester. He won’t register for spring classes until mid to late November, so he has some time to decide and gather more info regarding college requirements.</p>
<p>Whether or not my son can do well on them remains to be seen.</p>
<p>Upthread, just wanted to say thanks again re. BM and BA requirements. Likely, if my son was majoring in music, it would be BA since he’s not currently interested in any live audition BM programs. His audition will be recorded.</p>
<p>The UC system accepts ASL as a language, and I think most community colleges in CA offer it. I have no idea about colleges outside the UC system accepting ASL. That probably doesn’t help the OP, whose son is a senior and already taking Italian. But, ASL might be easier for kids who have difficulty with spoken languages.</p>
<p>I offered to teach my son ASL (I am a former deaf ed teacher), but he nixed that idea. I am just hoping he can talk with his prof to get a handle on whether second semester is as intense, and I’m hoping he actually uses the tutor. </p>
<p>For now, we’ll continue to gather FL requirements from his various possible schools.</p>
<p>skieurope, that’s interesting. I wonder why the drop and reinstatement.</p>
<p>I’m glad to know that I am not actually losing my mind. Also glad to hear that they reinstated the course. My S took AP French Lit as a semi-independent study. His HS didn’t offer it because they never had a critical mass of French students who were advanced enough to start it Junior year, and it was a 2-yr course of study. He took the test in 2008. I guess he squeaked in under the wire. </p>
<p>If only all the schools in the US offered FL in elementary school…</p>
<p>Just take care of it in HS. D. did it with History, her most difficult class, did not need to take it in colelge despite of her major requirement. Nobody would believe the amount of hours she spent on the effort to earn her A and with the help of her father. But no waste time in college on history. The A was essential since she needed high college GPA for her future.</p>
<p>It does seem like if there’s anyway he could pass most college’s language requirements by taking the two semesters now, it would be worth it. My older son didn’t want to take APUSH until I pointed out that doing well on the AP would probably get him out of a history gen ed requirement in college.</p>
<p>It is pretty standard for one year of high school foreign language courses to cover the equivalent of a semester of a college course, so I’m not surprised that he is feeling a bit overwhelmed. Working with the tutor would be a good thing. Keep encouraging him to do that.</p>
Also glad to hear that they reinstated the course. My S took AP French Lit as a semi-independent study. His HS didn’t offer it because they never had a critical mass of French students who were advanced enough to start it Junior year, and it was a 2-yr course of study. He took the test in 2008. I guess he squeaked in under the wire.