<p>I don't know if I should self study Spanish II over the summer. I want to do so because 1) I want to catch up with everyone else; they will be in Spanish III next year. 2) I'm like learning new languages, Spanish is easy and useful, I love the feeling of knowing another lang. 3) I've heard the Spanish II teacher is very strict and picky and takes off points for every single mistake you make, which obviously adds up to a lot over time.</p>
<p>Also, will colleges be impressed if I skip a lang grade and do very well in the next level? Do they see any classes in between that you may have skipped (ex. Alg1->Geo (skip)->Alg2)? Is Spanish worth the time and effort to self-study? Do you think I'll be able to understand all of Spanish II (what resources should I use to accomodate the book? email the teacher over the summer? buy materials, etc? Please help me decide.</p>
<p>Also, who should I ask about questions concerning my schedule, UC a-g course requirements, community college, etc.? Should I go to my VP, counselor, or what? I really need reliable answers as my future depends a lot on courses and stuff so I don't know who to ask. Thanks!! =]</p>
<p>yea if you make the effort, then self-studying is doable. I don't know about your school, but in my school in Spanish 3, we went over basically everything we did in Spanish 2 for the first half, and then learned new stuff in the later half of the year.</p>
<p>Yes. If you are genuinely interested in learning, you will. Ask all the people you mentioned to give advice. Even if you don't learn enough to skip to spanish III, you will be way ahead and have a better shot at a great grade in SII. This is a no-brainer unless it will cause a hardship or cause you to miss some other opportunity. Go for it.</p>
<p>One thing that caught my attention from your post was the comment about the teacher being nit-picky. Trust me, I know how that feels! :) But will you have her for Spanish III? Here's what came to mind: you send your transcripts and you have self-studied Spanish II. You get a high score because you love the language and are good at it. You enter into Spanish III with a nit-picky teaher, even if she's not the same one, and your grade is lower. Because of that, it looks like the self-study was too easy.</p>
<p>If everyone else has come from a very difficult Spanish II teacher who was picky about EVERYTHING, which you mention is a reason you don't want her, they will almost certainly be performing at a higher than average level, if she is a harder than average teacher. Then your Span3 teacher will have a bunch of students trained to pay attention to tiny details and you, who prefered not to go with that picky a teacher. Your work will not look as good in comparision.</p>
<p>My advice would be to only self-study it if you use a school curriculm and had a teacher of some in charge of grading. If Spanish IV and Latin II can't both fit into my schedule next year (senior year), I plan on enrolling in Span4 and self-studying Lat2, but I would basically be in the class, just not during the school day. My grades would still be the job of the teacher.</p>
<p>I honestly feel like I've been getting by on my Spanish I class for the past two years. My Spanish I teacher was awesome and in II and III honors we have hardly done anything. If I could change it, I would have skipped II or III. I don't believe we've done anything in these past two years that I wouldn't have gotten with a week's full of study.</p>
<p>I've done that, and it came out disastrously (although I was slacking a little). I self studied French II over the summer and now am taking III honors (From French I regular)... I'm like getting a B- or C+.</p>
<p>It will be incredibly easy. You don't learn anything in high school language classes. 4 years of language and you get probably 1 year of college credit. I studied German over the summer with no previous knowledge, and went right into AP German that year. I am now one of the best in my class, and I would be surprised if I didn't get a 5 on the AP test.</p>
<p>I say you should. When I moved to my new school district I accidentally skipped Spanish II. I had taken the equivalent of Spanish I in middle school, but the classes were called Spanish I and Spanish II in 7th and 8th grades, so I assumed I was just going into the next level with Spanish III. It wound up working wonderfully for me. By the time I figured out that I really should have been in Spanish II, I already had an A in the class and was doing fine. The concepts aren't too difficult to pick up. Because of my skip, I was able to complete Spanish my junior year and take the AP test in time to send it in to my colleges. </p>