tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post8519474834776424100..comments2023-05-16T09:13:17.661-04:00Comments on Insideschools.org Blog: Many Spanish speakers learning Spanish — or no language — in HSPamela Wheatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07386163106829607638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post-50788204356295776692008-04-19T21:58:00.000-04:002008-04-19T21:58:00.000-04:00Wait a minute, I'm confused: what's the point of h...Wait a minute, I'm confused: what's the point of having all ninth graders take Spanish and all tenth graders take French? Isn't it better to pick ONE language and learn it all four years of high school, so you have at least a small chance of getting halfway decent at it?<BR/><BR/>When I was in high school, you chose either French or Spanish, and you took it for all four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post-26810089583561732482008-04-17T20:23:00.000-04:002008-04-17T20:23:00.000-04:00there is no language selection process. students a...there is no language selection process. students automatically get placed in french or spanish depending on their grade level Our current 10th graders were all placed in french when they were in 9th grade, our 9th graders were all placed in spanish. I tried to put all the bilingual kids in one class so they could have more advanced spanish, but no one, other than me, was terribly interested in franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101185184421046057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post-54899421743360232322008-04-17T20:20:00.000-04:002008-04-17T20:20:00.000-04:00They don't. Students are assigned to a language b...They don't. Students are assigned to a language by grade level. All 9th graders take spanish, while all 10th take french, for ex. it's appalling.franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101185184421046057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post-88565586454675148662008-04-16T21:51:00.000-04:002008-04-16T21:51:00.000-04:00Frances,Do the Spanish speaking students have the ...Frances,<BR/>Do the Spanish speaking students have the choice to take another language - or how exactly does the language class selection process take place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856143224099234680.post-83795757929527582602008-04-16T17:51:00.000-04:002008-04-16T17:51:00.000-04:00I teach at a small school in the south Bronx, and ...I teach at a small school in the south Bronx, and our Spanish speaking students take the same basic spanish class that the non-spanish speaking students take, and the teacher doesn't give them more challenging work to do. They're dying of boredom. They will have the opportunity to take AP Spanish after they pass the Spanish regents.franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101185184421046057noreply@blogger.com