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 :/

[*RiC3xBoy*]

I take Spanish.(not mexican)

[*salcha*]

Spanish III
YES, I'M DONE WITH REQUIREMENTS AFTER THIS. (I'm soooo not taking AP Spanish)

Eh, I think Spanish is fairly easy. You just need to get grammar concepts down. Oh, I started Spanish1a in the seventh grade, Spanish1b eighth, Spanish II last year (freshman year), and as a sophomore, Spanish III.

[stella04]

im taking spanish I. its been only a couple of weeks, but i can greet, say sentences, and write paragraphs. :D i think my school's fast-paced though. oh and im viet, not mexican. so yeah. its not that hard. i heard french is harder.

[silver-rain]

I'm in AP Spanish Literature, and it's hard (because you have to read books in Spanish and understand them and talk about them). I'm pretty good in spanish, but I wouldn't exactly say that I'm fluent either (did horribly on the AP...)

[luvzcha]

I take French which is really hard

[Spirited Away]

This is my 7th year of taking French.

[EddieV]

I took Spanish in High School

[*mipadi*]

I'm in my ninth semester of studying German. I don't think it's incredibly hard to pick up the language as long as you practice it as much as you can.

[*FreeStickers*]

IB German V (been taking German since 7th grade)

It's no hard, because I already speak it. It seems hard for a couple other people, though.

[*takingbacksandy*]

i took spanish up to spanish 2 then i quit. i hated spanish. then i took japanese, i didn't like the teacher much so i quit that. i always have a problem with foreign language teachers for some reason.

[*incoherent*]

i take spanish. the first year was so easy, but now in spanish 2 were condrigating (sp?) verbs and its really confusing and hard.

if it were my decision...everyone wouldnt have to have 2 credits to get into college. the whole world just needs to pick a language

no offense to the diversity...it'd just make it so much easier.

[OhXiet_ItzDonnA]

I take Spanish. I'm in Sanish II but it's my freshman year is high school. I was in Honors Spanish in middle school and it seem kinda tough because I dont understand the questions and everything but I think it's getting a lil easier for me now like whenever we have to write sentences in Spanish, my homegirl said they was all right. Yay! haha

[*Weird addiction*]

Well French is my FIRST language at school so i'm taking English and Dutch...

[*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?

[*jooleeah*]

I take French. It's a beautiful language.

[2L0VERLY]

im taking fillipino right now & its easy & i can kinda speak fluently =] our teacher is mean though =[ but im gonna start taking italian..i think it might be a little difficult.

[jennyjenny]

I'm taking Spanish. There is also French, but I chose spanish.
I was required to choose a language in 7th grade so I chose spanish. 7th and 8th grade was Spanish I. I'm on Spanish II right now. It's hard for me because I can't concentrate on this.

[ghjgfkgfk]

i am taking french next year. french is the language of love and sex.

[mai_z]

well everyone has to take at least 1 year of french, but i'm done that. I take chinese outside of regular school.

[BarreL]

Spanish II Honours .

Spanish I in Freshman year
Spanish II Honours in Sophmore year .

yep....after this year its no longer required
so SCORE to the MILLIONS

** dances to La Bamba and La Cucaracha (sp?) **

[lilliannnn]

This is my fourth year taking Spanish and I wouldn't say I'm "fluent" in it but I'm pretty good. It helps that my best friend is from South America so I've had 8 years of experience.

[PinkTrash]

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?

Do you get an AP diploma after completing the entire program?
And.. you're taking AP and IB courses? o.O

[BOOGERSHAHA]

french! well i used to. i took AP french language in my junior year and i'm a senior now so i dropped it. and yeah i won't think i'll study french in college so....uh huh

[*xcaitlinx*]

im in Spanish II Accelerated...freshmen year. ive been taking spanish since elementary school.