<p>How many of you take a Special foreign language? Not french or spanish or german but something cool. Like japaneese or russian or latin.</p>
<p>Personally i never took a 2nd language at my school because the offerings were weak and i wanted to learn a different language.</p>
<p>My high school offers Japanese, along with Spanish and French, so I took what interested me most; Japanese. I'm in the third year of learning it, and it's been fun so far. :)</p>
<p>Meh... we don't have anything very special. Spanish, German, Am Sign Language, and Ojibwe. I took Spanish. My aunt is from Honduras, so I'd like to become fluent eventually.</p>
<p>Yeah, I will probably find a cool language in college.</p>
<p>They are pretty bland at my school, it's apperantly all busy work. I get enough of that in my english class.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'd really like to learn either Norwegian or Swedish. Finnish would be sweet too.</p>
<p>Do you think it is possible to be fluent by just learning in school? I am a soph taking Spanish 1 (never took language course) and like it so far. Yeah, it is still easy as hell, but willing to continue.</p>
<p>By the way, my parents are Japanese, and I lived in Korea for 7 years, so i am fluent in both. Spanish is my 4th language, but i suck at English so yeah lol</p>
<p>No. I honestly don't believe you can learn a language in a classroom. You need to live somewhere where that language is being spoken.</p>
<p>^^ Exactly why i think trying to teach it in classroom is moronic.</p>
<p>No one remembers anything. </p>
<p>You could go live in Mexico for a month and learn more in that time then you would in like 2 years at a school.</p>
<p>I'm taking Greek. My grandfather was born there and immigrated to Canada when we was about 14. I've been a few times.</p>
<p>Then screw Spanish. I'll quit.</p>
<p>Oh, but taking Spanish is worth it. It's fun to learn cool phrases like...</p>
<p>"Is there a gay telephone hotline?"
"You can't sleep here tonight."
"I'm stoned."
and
"Is there a meth program here?"</p>
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Not french or spanish or german but something cool.
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I think Spanish and French are pretty cool.</p>
<p>If you want to be fluent, participate in one of those immersion programs. I don't know about most schools, but my school offers immersion trips to Mexico annually and to France/Spain every two years.</p>
<p>Problem = $$$$$</p>
<p>YEAH. That's why I don't go on any of them. I just talk to the people who are fluent in the language already. It helps me.</p>
<p>Problem = No Spanish kids here. Sucks.</p>
<p>30% white. 30% black. 40% asians.</p>
<p>Ahhhhh. o well.</p>
<p>More Asians than whites? Where do you live? Flushing?</p>
<p>Yay. Orange Juice. and I are in the EXACT same situation! </p>
<p>Immersion=no money</p>
<p>No talking to bilingual people because...
84.31% White, 0.76% African American, 11.52% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 2.06% from two or more races.</p>
<p>I live in Pamamus, NJ.</p>
<p>Well, Minnesota, I would understand, I guess.</p>
<p>I didn't know there were THAT many Asians in Jersey. I always thought that it was at least half white.</p>
<p>By the way, I don't think that's a city. You mean Paramus?</p>
<p>kchen, I didnt want to tell it b/c my friends would know.</p>