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Foreign languages in high school classes
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:33 pm
Obviously Spanish. French and German seem to be the next big two.
Do they just not teach Arabic and Mandarin because of lack of teachers and it would mind frick students who are 16?
Do they just not teach Arabic and Mandarin because of lack of teachers and it would mind frick students who are 16?
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Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:35 pm to Mr Personality
Big high schools offer those. It's hard to find teachers to fill it and students who request it.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:38 pm to Mr Personality
Listened to a freakenomics podcast about foreign language in schools.
Apparently approx 12% of all class time in high school is on a foreign language.
99% of students who take foreign language courses in high school and college have no ability to hold a conversation in the language.
The only students who are able to retain a second language are those who practice in the home with family.
What a fricking waste.
Apparently approx 12% of all class time in high school is on a foreign language.
99% of students who take foreign language courses in high school and college have no ability to hold a conversation in the language.
The only students who are able to retain a second language are those who practice in the home with family.
What a fricking waste.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:38 pm to Mr Personality
I don't know but I took Spanish for two days in the 10th grade then said frick it give me a study hall 2nd period
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:41 pm to cokebottleag
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What a fricking waste.
i agree. I thiknk more computer science, maybe money management courses, or just classes that teach some real life scenarios that our youth will see in life.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:41 pm to cokebottleag
Louisiana 5th grade mandatory French class was GOAT
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:42 pm to East Coast Band
That's called consumer economics and it is offered most places
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:44 pm to Mr Personality
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teach Arabic
I can see the Facebook mom posts now.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:55 pm to OysterPoBoy
Probably. But I don't judge my opinions off Facebook. One of the worst sites ever.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 8:06 pm to Mr Personality
My son started taking Mandarin as a HS sophomore. He is now a sophomore in college and it is his minor.... job security.
Very hard language tho....
Very hard language tho....
Posted on 8/28/17 at 8:24 pm to cokebottleag
Language should be taught in elementary school, not high school.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 8:58 pm to Mr Personality
It's sad. Travel just about anywhere else "half educated" in the world and the students speak two languages fluently.
2 years of foreign language is a joke. I wish I had taken it every year from kindergarten up.
2 years of foreign language is a joke. I wish I had taken it every year from kindergarten up.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 8:59 pm to Mr Personality
I learned Latin for 2 years in high school. I actually highly encourage it since it will drastically increase your vocabulary in many languages.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:01 pm to cokebottleag
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What a fricking waste.
It's only a waste if you don't actually use it after taking the class. Like anything you learn, if you don't regularly use it you'll likely lose it. That's on the student, not the system. Especially in this day and age when having conversational ability in another language opens a lot of doors for your in the job market.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:43 pm to Mr Personality
I did meet a dude at a bar in Rotterdam that could speak 6 languages and he learned the all from subtitles.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:45 pm to Mr Personality
My sons school started teaching Mandarin at three years old 
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:47 pm to TheMailman
Your sons were instructing classes at 3 years old? Impressive.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:49 pm to Mr Personality
We had bunch of Tunisians teaching us French in middle school thanks to the CODIFIL program.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:52 pm to Mr Personality
I would have much preferred more technical classes than fricking Spanish: welding, carpentry, auto, etc.
Life skills >>> bs class
Now if I actually learned more than puedo ir albano, it would be ok
Life skills >>> bs class
Now if I actually learned more than puedo ir albano, it would be ok
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