<p>And my teachers were honestly bad as crap, could I get my way into Spanish 1? They say only if you've taken it for 2 years or less.</p>
<p>Pretty much, it says this: *Enroll in Spanish 1 if you have 1) either never taken Spanish or 2) have taken up to 2 years in high school. Not for heritage speakers. *</p>
<p>Anyway I can fudge this rule a bit to my favor?</p>
<p>Also, the class sizes seem incredibly small. Does this mean I'll actually have to participate?</p>
<p>If you’ve taken 3 years you have fulfilled the foreign language requirement right?</p>
<p>My major demands 4 semesters more in college.</p>
<p>MEH</p>
<p>bump. anyone know if this can happen?</p>
<p>? wait what? what major are you…</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it pretty much means its for new spanish learners, not experienced ones.</p>
<p>“Have taken up to 2 years” meaning you did not take the 3 years to satisfy your foreign language req.</p>
<p>Many colleges require 3 (or even 2) years, so its ok. My son is also not doing it in Senior year. The Spanish teachers said if you don’t enjoy it why waste your credits. Take another elective that holds your fancy.</p>
<p>@pixeljig
I think you may have misunderstood the question?</p>
<p>Under the description for Spanish 2, it says that the class is “Not open to students who have completed three years or more of high school Spanish, or native speakers.” Since you have completed 3 years of spanish in high school, Spanish 3 may be more appropriate for you. Spanish 3 is difficult to get into though, because many people use it to fulfill the International Studies breadth requirement.</p>
<p>I’m taking Political Economy, which means I need 4 semesters worth of language.</p>
<p>But I guess it doesn’t matter my teachers are crap, I have to take a higher level of Spanish, huh?</p>
<p>I guess I’ll take Mandarin instead.</p>
<p>^Yeah, if you honestly don’t like spanish or don’t feel prepared to take the class level you have to take, I would suggest taking another language and starting at the beginning.</p>
<p>you switch to another language, such as French, if you don’t like Spanish.</p>
<p>Doesn’t make it much better though, they’re both derived from the same root language <_<</p>
<p>Mehhhh</p>
<p>They both came from Latin, but French was much more barbarized. Germanic barbarians constantly invaded Gaul and hence greatly remodeled Gallo-Romance languages.</p>
<p>French is much closer to English than Spanish (vocabulary-wise). English is a Germanic language that was highly influenced by Norman French, French is a Romance language that was highly influenced by Germanic languages.</p>
<p>I would recommend Latin over French (as Latin is even easier than French; I am an IB+Latin double major, I am biased), but I don’t think PEIS would like an ancient language</p>
<p>Spanish 1 is very very basic… if you learned anything in those 3 years of Spanish - then this class will be very boring for you because it is exactly the first two years of high school Spanish.</p>
<p>And yes the class is small so you do have to participate and attendance is “mandatory,” - (but they usually stop caring after the first two weeks)</p>
<p>Also, I’ve known kids to get kicked out of foreign language classes because they were over qualified. I doubt they will check your high school transcript or anything, but if the teacher has any reason to believe you are overqualified- they may suggest you move to a higher level class. This is because the limited number of seats are in high demand.</p>