I just thought of this. I took two years of Spanish in high school, but I think I had a D one semester. Would the foreign language requirement still be met for IGETC certification, or is a D held against me considering it’s for college?
How does your CC define it?
Ah, I missed it, I need a C-. Looks like I’ll have to take a language.
Are you sure you got a D? Is there anyway to re check and see?
I’m 99% sure I got a D-. I’ll be visiting my high school once the semester ends, so I can get my transcript printed. It’s only one class, anyway, maybe I’ll take something interesting.
Back to studying for my last final.
Good luck!
As long as the final course was a C or better, you passed the two years.
@goldencub This isn’t directed to you. Your “maybe i’ll take something interesting” sparked a question in my mind. I’ve always wondered why people that only speak English take languages like Russian, French, Italian, etc opposed to taking Spanish. I understand if it’s being taken for fun but wouldn’t the smart thing to do is learn Spanish first? Isn’t it most beneficial considering Spanish is the second most spoken language in the U.S.?
@LuckyName I took 3 years of French in high school, mostly because I wanted to try something different. Everybody took Spanish in high school (at least that’s what it seemed like at the time). Growing up in a suburb of LA, I always thought that Spanish was pretty easy to pick up on and I learned a little bit of it that way. Plus, I always had an idea of going into a business-related field in the future and I figured having experience in French would be more beneficial than Spanish.
@LuckyName
Using that logic, we would only have practical majors. There would be no philosophy majors, sociology, literature, etc. People would only major in things that had a direct correlation to doing something practical, like CS.
I understand what you’re saying about Spanish being the most practical, but if someone has an interest in learning a language like Russian, why should they be encouraged to learn Spanish instead, anymore than they are encouraged to take computer science if they have no interest.
We all have to take electives, and we just use the electives that appeal to us for one reason or another. If you look at languages as just another elective, then you just take the ine that is the most interesting to you, regardless of whether or not it’s practical or beneficial.
Actually I believe Arabic and Chinese are highly coveted by the U.S. Government.
@2016Candles Yeah, I guess you’re right. It was just a random thought that hit my mind. But your comparison to practical majors totally nailed it.
@LuckyName I’ve always wanted to take a cool language but I took the practical route and just took Spanish. Maybe I’ll take a random language at one point in time, since it’ll be pretty much just for myself.
@LuckyName I took two years of Spanish and a year of French. I was thinking taking Latin or something would be particularly interesting. I know some Spanish, and I would take it, but it isn’t a course I’m particularly interested in taking again.
I understand what you’re saying, though, but different languages can be beneficial to different people. For example, I’m Greek, and I’m also a philosophy major, so learning Greek would be somewhat beneficial to me in a more direct manner than learning Spanish (or getting better at it). The same would apply to learning German, Russian, etc. The practicality of it is extremely relative to each individual’s intents and purposes and whatnot.
Anyway, I’ll have to check my transcript regarding the grade. If it will be fulfilled, then I won’t have to worry about a foreign language. If it isn’t, then I’ll likely take French - my CC only offers French and Spanish, so I’ll probably take the former. Thanks, all.