second language at school? Options

[PinkTrash]

Who takes a second english [besides English] at school? If so, what language? Spanish? French? other? Also, when you started and is it hard to catch on to the language and are you able to speak fluently yet? :)
Or, are you in some type of extended or immersion program?

Just wondering. I take french (Canadian) and I am currently in IB, so the french has gotten a lot more intense this year. I can speak fluently in simple ways, but I know theres a lot more to learn.. I've just been having difficulty lately with all these french immersion kids in my french classes :/

[*tweeak*]

I take French .

I think your IB program might be similar to our AP program.

We can take AP french until our senior year, where you can take Honors French 5 or AP French 5. French is automatically an honors class here, once you get past the second year.

I'm taking Pre-AP French III this year. And yes it has gotten intense. It's one of my hardest classes now.

It's not. At Norcross, we have AP and IB (we're on of only about 20 schools in GA with IB, and the only one except the newly added middle schools with it in Gwinnett). For languag arts, the curriculums are compatible, so i can take the Ib and AP tests for it this year, but it's not really the same. My AP history is entirely different than the IB one, though. Full diploma IB is a whole lot more work than AP, especially since AP isn't offered in every class, and doesn't require you to take more than there's room for in the schedule.

Anyway, yeah, I'm taking Spanish, and honestly I hate it. I'm in Spanish 3 now (though it should be 4...), but I'm not going to continue on next year, because I refuse to take AP or IB Spanish. There's full diploma IB kids in my Spanish class, because it doesn't separate from gifted/honors until Spanish 4

We took the Georgia High School Graduation Writing yesterday (pointless and easy), and on the directions, they had to include that we must write in prose and in English with no rap. Who the hell would write a graduation essay in another language, let alone rap, when you're trying to prove that you're literate in English?