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Fun if you can do the whole rolling of the "r's" thing...which I can't

I was a Spanish minor back in the 1960's and it becomes more useful as each year goes by!

I am rather good at reading subtitles. I can't speak it for spit.

Didn't take it and as a result picked up my Spanish in Mexican bodegas and taverns ordering cerveza.

mi favorito!!!!!!

The only Spanish class I ever took was working for three years at my local Circle K. You can only imagine what I learned. :)

Took it briefly. Didn't like it and I remember virtually nothing.

Not always the most fun class, but speaking Spanish is an incredibly helpful skill for most people in America these days. Those who are bilingual will have increasingly more options when it comes to jobs in the future.

I wish I would have paid more attention in this class and tried to learn something. I could use it now but I don't remember much. Adios.

Me gusta espanol (I like spanish). Even though we live in the U.S spanish is still something that we should learn. Spanish has always been apart of my life which will always help me in the future. Us learning spanish makes the world see how all the cultures should combine. Languages are so rewarding and pleasing to learn.

I really didn't get much out of this class, and I took it twice. My first teacher was slow, and we got thru the first 4 chapters in a 20 chapter book. My second teacher was a new teacher and didn't know what to do, so she just put movie in that were NOT in spanish.

That's our school's for ya, kids!!!

Should be mandatory in some states.

As I mentioned with my French review; I have a knack for languages, this was also the easiest "A", I ever earned in school. As with the other, this class also allows you to learn about the culture and people in Spanish speaking countries. I got to try foods from several different countries, I got to write a children's book, and had a few guest speakers. I took this (and French) for all 4 years of high school and enjoyed every minute of it.

Check out my Latin review.

The only spanish i know is related to Taco Bell. I should not have to learn any forign language. This is America! They should learn our language instead of we learning theirs. I would not go near the spanish area of town anyway. I could get robbed!

I grew up in the Miami area; during my elementary years Spanish was part of our daily curriculum. I went on to take seven more years of Spanish and three of German. My mother spoke French, so I tried wholeheartedly to learn it as well, I can still recall a few choice words! Learning a foreign language, especially in the upper levels, can be helpful with English as well, with understanding tenses, the conjugation of verbs and the etymology of words.

A very interesting class, although I hate learning the past tenses. Maybe I'll take Spanish III. Maybe not. Depends on the teacher, I suppose.

Take it. Learn it. Use it. If for anything, to get one of those hot Latinos in bed.

I had an awesome Spanish teacher for 3 of 4 years. She was funny, energetic, and truly concerned about her students. Every day we would "charlar" or chat (in Spanish, of course). She loved to be in on the gossip. While I am not fluent, I have had many conversations in Spanish. As a teacher, I use Spanish to communicate with English Language Learners and their parents. Too many American students leave school with several years of Spanish and no ability to communicate. Senorita C. challenged us to speak and converse rather than drill.

I live in Texas, so obviously, Spanish was the foreign language that I chose to study in High School. This year as a freshman, I took Spanish I. I'm sorry to say that I cannot give you an unbiased analysis because we did not learn squat. Absolutely nothing. And next year, I have to take Spanish II and probably will struggle because of my teacher this year. I'll give you a bit of history. From August to October of 2002, I had a Spanish teacher who actually was pretty good and I really felt like I had the hang of this Spanish thing. Then in October, he was dismissed because some people in the Spanish Department were angry that he was not following the cirriculum and were concerned that he was not teaching enough. So they bring in this lady of Spanish origin, who studied Spanish for 7 years in High School and college and is a whiz. And now, all of what I learned from Aug. to Oct. has been forgotten, and I have not learned anything but verb conjugations since then. This lady does not teach us anything... she has students come in her classroom (friends of hers I guess) and she just talks with them and totally ignores her teaching responsibilities. And then, the next day, we come in and find out we've got a test, and have no idea what the hell any of the stuff that is on the test means. She'll cram 10 minutes of quick teaching (what she calls a "review), and then will quickly ask "Any questions?". So I have not really learned any Spanish this year, and only hope that next year, my Spanish II teacher reviews the Spanish I content with us. Its ironic that an African American with an English degree taught us more Spanish than a Spanish woman with a degree in the Spanish language.

I took 3 years of it in high school because I liked the teacher but I can really hardly remember anything from it. It's useful to learn if you're gonna live in Texas I guess.

Definetely the worst part of the educational system. I have had two full years of Spansih, and what have I learned? Amigo, and Hola. That's it. This is America, where we speak English. Foriegn languages should remian optional when deciding classes.

Very fun class--I've taken three years of it back in high school. It's a relevant subject, since there are people who do speak Spanish here in the US and I have actually used the skills I've aquired in high school to communicate with some people since then. It's nice to learn about cultures outside of the US, and I think it promotes some light tolerance of people who happen to not speak English here in America (well, for some, at least). Out of the two languages (other than English, but that doesn't count) I've taken, I liked Spanish.