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<p>That might have to do more with your school having a ****ty Spanish/French curric than it being because Latin is so much better. At my school, the french and Spanish students were seen to have the most extensive vocabulary usage in AP Lang/Lit classes, while students taking Mandarin were slightly below par.</p>
<p>To be honest Chinese. Y
They love it, in international business when Americans can speak Chinese.</p>
<p>i think u shud leaarn arabic cuz allotta terrarists speek it n i here the cIA whants 2 re-croot ppl who cn hear it nd speek it butt idk cud be a rumor</p>
<p>i wudnt lern chinese bc u dnt rly need it cuz most china restarants u cn order in englsish</p>
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<p>You do realize that French makes a large amount of English, right? (Example: [File:Origins</a> of English PieChart 2D.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg]File:Origins”>File:Origins of English PieChart 2D.svg - Wikipedia)) Therefore, your children could develop a large vocabulary based on their French knowledge. Having studied French for five years, Latin for four years, and Spanish for six years, I can say that my vocabulary has been most helped by French, not Latin.</p>
<p>Furthermore, why ever would you think that a language not being spoken is a pro? Unless you are deaf or mute or have speech difficulties, then that is not. A language is meant to be used as a form of communication. You are missing the point of the foreign language component in a child’s curriculum if you think that it isn’t to help build communication.</p>
<p>Finally, your child’s school district has a horrible program if they do not teach the history and culture of the language they are learning. In my French classes, we learned about Paris, their metro system, all of their monuments and museums. We learned about the food they eat, how they eat it, their holidays, how they basically take an entire month off for vacation, their education system, their medical system, their political system, etc.</p>
<p>For history dealing with Latin, you basically just need to take an Ancient History course (and trust me, I’ve taken a bunch of Ancient history courses due to switching around schools) and you’ll get all of the history that you need dealing with Rome. The only added benefit might be the study of Mythology, but at my school, English classes covered that.</p>
<p>I think it’s fine if your children want to study Latin. I have a friend who loves Latin to death and wanted to major in Classics. She decided French and Spanish weren’t for her. However, that being said, if your child wants to learn Spanish (a useful language here in the US) or French, then you should most certainly let them. You’re really only hurting them by limiting them.</p>
<p>um a lot of ppl speek latin y do u think there called LATINOS n LATAN AMERICANS?</p>
<p>^ I actually know a 17 year old home-schooled girl who truly believes they speak Latin (she’s the kind of girl where you look into her eyes and you see the back of her head). I fear for her future.</p>
<p>um if u cn see da bak of her hed she shud probs c a doc cuz dat sounds dedly</p>
<p>^ I’m sorry, English please?</p>
<p>This thread is falling apart. Just take what you feel you’d enjoy. Don’t force something just cause its useful or may have a sliver of a better grade. You might as well take nuclear physics if you’re not picky.</p>
<p>Spanish. Easily.</p>
<p>I’m a huge proponent of studying Latin; however, foreign language classes at the college level move at a very fast pace and are very time consuming. Beginning Latin at the college level will be extremely difficult because of the massive amounts of memorization and the unfamiliar parts of the grammar (declensions and not having a word order to help understand the meaning of a sentence). If you are concerned about grades, Spanish is probably your better bet, especially since you are already familiar with it.</p>
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<p>Wow, that’s just horrible parenting skills. I’m really ****ing glad my mother isn’t like that. I feel sorry for your children.</p>
<p>cue a post saying how her kids are all at top-ranked SLACs in 5… 4… 3…</p>
<p>Who gives a damn? She’s still a crappy, controlling, domineering mother.</p>
<p>I would definetly pick Spanish because if you are in US, a lot of people are Spanish. Almost any job you would like to do, you will run into at least one Spanish person. And Latin is not used as much</p>
<p>hauteclere I totally agree with you!
My mom would never push me to do that! I believe Spanish is much more useful also! Latin is not a class I would take. If she were my mom I would be so mad I sorry.</p>
<p>Hello,
I think it’s good to you to choose Spanish, because you may like the language you’re going to learn, but to tell you something about my experience I think we like the language much more when we begin learning it.
I also think Latin is a good option, I don’t know if your native language is English or if it’s other, but if your native language is derived from the Latin it’s going to be really good to know Latin because you are going to learn the origin of the words, and you’re going to be able to know words’ meanings easily from lots of languages derived from the Latin, and Spanish can be easier for you later.
Also if you don’t have a lot of time until college to learn a language I think Spanish is more recommended, because it’s easier and faster.
I know my answer is not really directing you to a specific way, but I hope it helps you on your choice!
Best wishes,
BrunaHarvard.</p>
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