Should I continue taking French in high school?

<p>Okay, here's the dilemma.</p>

<p>I have been taking French classes since I was about four years old, every year up until now (I'm a Junior - and I'm taking French because I'm in Toronto, Canada, and French is our second official language.)</p>

<p>Now, I know that I will probably never use French in my life after I graduate (or very, very little) because I hope to major in something like computer science or business (but business primarily within the US and possibly Canada.)</p>

<p>Should I take French next year in my Senior year as well? I am not doing terribly good in it, neither am I doing terribly bad though. Does it show some sort of diversity for when I apply to colleges such as Stanford? Or should I remove French from my Senior year course list and instead fill it with something that cou ld benefit me even more, such as Data Management or Computer Science?</p>

<p>I know that some American students face a similar dilemma sometimes, too, because US high schools I believe have Latin and Spanish classes?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance! :D</p>

<p>i think some colleges or universities expect you to take four years of one foreign language in high school.
so, i'll advise you to keep french even though it's not so foreign to you.
you should have taken spanish or latin or japanese or any language you didn't know at the beginning of 9th grade.
it wouldn't help much if you changed it now.</p>

<p>Why wouldn't you ever use French again? You're Canadian. Your country is bilingual?</p>

<p>Incidentally, I'm American, and when I was in h.s., I was sure I would never use Fr. again. Then, way into adulthood, I got to spend several months in France. I wished that I had spent more time learning French! You can not predict what will be useful in the future.</p>

<p>French is only really common in Quebec, and some of the Maritime provinces (New Brunswick for sure, not too sure about Nova Scotia or PEI).</p>

<p>I personally would continue taking french (unless you are already fairly proficient at it, then I guess it would be a matter of which interests you more) because you never know when you might need it (as Northstarmom already mentioned). </p>

<p>You might need it for travelling, or even doing business. If you decide to work for the government, being able to speak French would definately be an asset (hey, you might decide you want to run for Prime Minister!). Also, with business, even if you are working in the US or Canada, your company could have a client or an office in a French-speaking country.</p>

<p>I would keep it if i were you. I also took french when i was 4 to about gr 9, i completely regret dropping it. keep taking french YOU WILL NEED IT!!!!</p>