<p>^ Agreed.</p>
<p>In today's world Spanish is more useful than Greek.</p>
<p>measure of "usefulness" is subjective and relative to the observer.</p>
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<p>In my point of view, Greek is more useful to Americans than Japanese overall. I can see Chinese but not Japanese. I just hope they add an AP exam because Greek is just fascinating with many pieces of literature.</p>
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<p>But, if you were to choose anyone, you would want the one colleges prefer over the other one you might choose even though you like both.</p>
<p>Greek - but only ancient dialects</p>
<p>I have taken two years of it through a university, and, because of my wonderful experiences with the language and the Classics faculty, I am considering Classics as my major. Of course, one will plow through texts and an incredibly slow pace until one becomes a grad student in the subject; but the ability to pick up Plato's 'Republic' and read it with the help of a dictionary is a singular experience and well worth the work.</p>
<p>Ah, how I wish there was an AP Greek exam! I have taken various ancient Greek dialects (Homeric, Attic, and Koine, among others), and I am sure I would have aced the test - provided that there was one. :-)</p>
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<p>Well, I am Greek, so yeah. I'm going to suggest Greek, it's a great language, and even though Spanish is useful, Greek is just beautiful. And Katharos, I like the name. :D</p>
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<p>-________- although i hate spanish..... i will still pick it compare to Greek......... Spanish is actually useful~ im not saying greek isnt...its just not too common anymore...</p>
<p>If its Spanish vs. Latin i will take Latin</p>
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<p>And you think that the majority of Americans are capable of using English properly?</p>
<p>In response to the question, I would choose Spanish over Greek (I know a lot of Hispanics who don't know English)...but Latin over Spanish.</p>
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<p>I think that the SAT II Korean should be removed, and in its place there should be an ancient Greek (if there is not already one in place).</p>
<p>Yes, Greek is so fascinating. Plato, Homer, Sappho, Pindar, Hesiod, etc. We need an AP Ancient Greek. </p>
<p>I just found out Latin has 4 AP exams. I'm taking Latin definitely ,but I don't know about Spanish because Latin with Spanish doesn't make sense.</p>
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<p>I would want to learn ancient Greek so I could read the New Testament in its original form. Otherwise, there really is no reason. Symbols in math? Yeah, so what...you don't need to know the meaning of alpha to use it as a symbol in math. It's just like x. It's not like it's hard to learn either. Maybe its useful to learn it because of the English language and its many words that are derived from Greek, but Latin would arguably be more useful. </p>
<p>I think k-theory's reasons as to why Spanish is useless is pretty narrow-minded. "It hasn't helped me and I'm never going to a third-world country." Personally, I see it as being very useful in the future - you can do court translations, it helps business if you can speak Spanish, particularly in SoCal, where I live...Like all the signs in Santa Ana are in Spanish. There are MANY people there who ONLY speak Spanish. And I'm interested in visiting Spain and South America - the rainforests, the culture, etc. I've taken it for 5 years, and I've used it to speak to random tourists from Barcelona in Shanghai, the janitor in the library I volunteer for, etc. in their native language. It made me happy to practice it with them and they were delighted that I was learning their native language. You might argue that Spanish's worth is diluted by the fact that so many people have learned it, but I think that just increases its value by increasing the number of people who speak it...if you want to be part of a "small, elite" community of Greek-speakers, that's fine but the practical value is diminished.</p>
<p>In short, Spanish is much more practical than Greek. I think Greek would be in the same boat as Latin (dead language on life support in academia) if people didn't actually still speak it in Greece. In the real world, Spanish's potential usefulness and application far outweigh the academic merits of Greek, especially for someone who does not plan to stay in academia their whole life. Whether you make use of that potential is up to you.</p>
<p>European History/Culture is so interesting to me. If I do take Greek, I'll be in a 1-3 person class in my third and fourth year. Most kids take Spanish and French in my school. My high School just revived the Chinese program and 56 kids joined that are incoming freshman.</p>
<p>First of all, learning Ancient Greek and Latin would be to read great life themed poems and stories. I have no other use for Spanish i think. I'm going to major in medical.</p>
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<p>I don't see any good Spanish literature.</p>
<p>Don Quixote de la Mancha, anyone? (Miguel de Cervantes)</p>
<p>See also: The Hive, Camilo Jose Cela</p>
<p>See also: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Vicente Ibanez</p>
<p>See also: Mare Nostrum, Vicente Ibanez</p>
<p>See also: Jose Cadalso</p>
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What an ignorant statement.</p>
<p>And I don't see how ANYONE can say Spanish is not useful.</p>
<p>But, can you compare them to "The Odyssey"? or "The Iliad"? Or any other peices.</p>
<p>Plus I haven't heard any of them except "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyspe" which is really actually more biblical.</p>
<p>If you haven't heard of "Don Quixote de la Mancha"...</p>
<p>you haven't heard much.</p>