<p>For some students with LD learning another language at least how it is taught in HS is painful. My youngest has struggled with Spanish for 3 yrs. It is the equivalent of two years of HS Spanish. It is not that she is against taking the next level but she says she will in no way pass the class. She got through the 2nd yr by doing her HW and projects. She failed or got a D on almost every exam. All her other subjects were A’s and B+'s. I had no idea that for a UC to graduate she needed 3 yrs of HS language. She was not planning on taking another year. She is not a candidate for the higher UC’s but had considered Davis, SB and Santa Cruz as options.
My LD son got lucky that his major is the one of the few at his school that does not require two years of college foreign language. He did 3 yrs of HS Spanish but only passed with a C using a great tutor several days of the week.</p>