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I think that it is pretty funny that the spanish 4 honors at my high school is still about what a 1st grader in a spanish speaking country would know.

I wish that was how I was taught Spanish. First year of Spanish, we had to understand and know how to have a conversation with the teacher in Spanish (short sentences). Second year was writing paragraphs/papers, different tenses of words, and long conversations. We were tested on writing and speaking twice a year. I had a easy Spanish teacher though. Most students get a different teacher for each year but I ended up having the same one for both my classes. Took Spanish 6/7 years ago so I don't really remember how to speak it correctly but I do still understand it when someone is talking.

In my opinion, learning Spanish, or another language, will open up more choices for you, especially if you work with Spanish/non-English speaking employees or employers. A lot of employers in my city prefer workers to know another language so they can communicate instead of having to pay for a interpreter. Plus, they get paid more compare to the only English speaker. The world is changing and the way I see it, you may need to learn one other language from English to do well.

My favorite subject is history but also math (no geometry) or biology. I am not majoring in any of those fields though. I can't dissect animals. Not my thing. That's why I don't want to work in the medical field. I start school next Tuesday but only have 16 weeks of it this semester.
 
I think that it is pretty funny that the spanish 4 honors at my high school is still about what a 1st grader in a spanish speaking country would know.

Haha I know, although it does help to know another language. If you really want to get better at Spanish, listen to some radio or watch some TV in Spanish. I know that sounds pointless, but it does help. The more you listen, the more you start to understand what they're saying. My siblings have a Spanish babysitter and she helped me with my Spanish homework a lot.

Although even after that I still would be speaking like a first grader, I could at least have a conversation, right? :)

Plus it does help to know in a country where basically half the population speaks Spanish :{D
 
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^yep. One thing that helped me was working in a resturant. It's true if you don't use it you lose it. Plus people from say Mexico City speak differently than people from the Honduras, and people from Oxaca have a different twist so it's good practice. In school I had no way to apply it so, in one ear out the other. In the resturant I started with Who, what, where, when, why, how etc. and came up with little sayings to remember groups. On a side note, the guys with the work passes were quite the comedians so I'd ask them what a specific word was and they'd tell me something different (usually profaine) so I'd be running around saying some pretty embarassing things until I figured it out. It got to the point where my internal dialog/thought process was in spanish. - N
 
I know there are a few people that speak spanish as a first language at my work, but the are pretty good with english as well.

I am a total science (physics and electronics) geek. My parents cant keep track of my friends. zeeshan, vivik, vytas, kyshan, and a few more. I was going on a college tour with my parents and the head of the science department. He had an Indian student explain what she was doing. I understood her perfectly, but my parents couldnt understand her accent.

I agree that learning a second language is very helpful, but science proves that high school is the hardest time for students to learn a new language. I dont think it is fair to require 2-3 years of a different language to get into a school. That is like someone like me applies and they see all of the science stuff that I do, and that I am good at it. But they see I wasnt good at spanish and decide that should keep me from going to their school. That would be total BS. As an adult there are classes that would teach it sooooooo much better than high school does (or at least my school).

If I am taking a test I can usually get the ending for the person(s) correct, but screw up on the time it happened.
 
I know there are a few people that speak spanish as a first language at my work, but the are pretty good with english as well.

I am a total science (physics and electronics) geek. My parents cant keep track of my friends. zeeshan, vivik, vytas, kyshan, and a few more. I was going on a college tour with my parents and the head of the science department. He had an Indian student explain what she was doing. I understood her perfectly, but my parents couldnt understand her accent.

I agree that learning a second language is very helpful, but science proves that high school is the hardest time for students to learn a new language. I dont think it is fair to require 2-3 years of a different language to get into a school. That is like someone like me applies and they see all of the science stuff that I do, and that I am good at it. But they see I wasnt good at spanish and decide that should keep me from going to their school. That would be total BS. As an adult there are classes that would teach it sooooooo much better than high school does (or at least my school).

If I am taking a test I can usually get the ending for the person(s) correct, but screw up on the time it happened.

Most "spanish speaking" people in thE US speak Spanglish or Mexican Spanish. Huge difference between that and true Spanish.


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Most "spanish speaking" people in thE US speak Spanglish or Mexican Spanish. Huge difference between that and true Spanish.


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They teach Latin American Spanish in the courses here. But yeah, a bit of a difference. Sorta like how British Engish and American English disagree on some bits of grammar and spelling (the British version being wrong...of course). Some stuff was removed (deemed unnecessary) outside of Spain.
 
We made the teacher mad in computer lab today :) If you press the shift key a lot it makes annoying noises... And the computers at our school are networked and we can go into task manager ad shut off other computers or send messages to each other.


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We made the teacher mad in computer lab today :) If you press the shift key a lot it makes annoying noises... And the computers at our school are networked and we can go into task manager ad shut off other computers or send messages to each other.


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That would make me so mad if I was the teacher. But if I was the teacher, I would take over all of the computers and shut you guys up. At my school the teacher presses one button and it stops all of the computers but his. Then he can control what all of them are doing.
 
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