Arabic or Spanish?

Britty3092
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:09:15 +0000

Thanks for the responses!
CJ, I agree that it is a really really tough decision. I’ve been going back and forth for a couple weeks now on this. Just to clarify, you mentioned that your son will be taking Russian in the spring semester? Does that mean he will be taking that class on top of his Spanish classes? I think that’s what I’m trying to avoid, taking both at once, but if that’s the only way, I guess I’ll have to consider it…

When I was at CI, my Cabinet member (an incoming junior) told me that Arabic was reallyyy hard to learn, but definitely worth it in the end. She also told me that had she had the opportunity again, she would have stuck with the language she learned in high school (French) instead of starting over with Arabic to complete the ESIA requirement. Like gwgrad said, I’ll probably just end up learning Arabic as an elective.

Also, if I do Spanish 3 this semester, Spanish 4 in the spring, and Spanish 9 & 10 sophomore year, that would mean that I’d have to begin Arabic junior year right? Do you guys think that is too late to start learning a new language within the Elliot School?