<p>^ Definitely doesn`t seem like lying to me. </p>
<p>Really, your school doesn<code>t start foreign lang. till sophomore year? Huh, my school let</code>s us start taking it in 8th grade, and I thought that was late :). I<code>m not taking it this year in order to double up in math, so I really won</code>t finish ahead of most at my school.</p>
<p>Yeah its so weird! I mean at least start it freshman year so that we can get 4 solid years of it. I think its because my school only offers Spanish and we only have 2 Spanish teachers in the entire school. </p>
<p>Okay I’ve got a question: @CE527M: How did you come up with your username? Does it mean something?</p>
<p>Ah, that makes sense. We<code>ve got like 3 or 4 Spanish teachers, plus we</code>ve got French and Latin, though I`d rather take German. Ah, well.
Haha, I`ve always wondered if anyone would ever ask me that. Yeah, not that creative or anything. The C is my first initial, E, middle initial, 527, birthday, M, last initial.</p>
<p>Thats cool!!! I like it!</p>
<p>Thanks. I feel bad for you all, you have to type it all out and can mess it up easily with all the numbers and letters.</p>
<p>Yeah we have only upto Spanish II for non Hispanics. If you already know Spanish then there’s a special 3 year program with Spanish Lang, Spanish Lit, and AP Spanish.</p>
<p>But aside from that I’m so back logged today. I have to do</p>
<p>A Spanish Brochure about our school
Design a ticket for winter formal
Ap Euro reading
And try to finish my online drivers Ed torture as soon as I can.</p>
<p>I should probably start that.</p>
<p>Drivers Ed was so awful. So glad that is over.</p>
<p>On the Psats. How many of you will be content with an “Average Score” of around 160-170? </p>
<p>For me as long as i break 170, I will be content</p>
<p>I haven’t messed around with it yet, but I’m expecting a high score compared to others. And yea, I still need to do Drivers Ed…</p>
<p>The average score for a sophomore is as follows from the College Board website: “The average score for tenth graders was about 43 in Critical Reading, 44 in Mathematics, and 40 in Writing Skills.” In other words, the average composite was a mere 127.</p>
<p>I want a 240…but I know it won’t happen. Hey, aim high right?</p>
<p>I<code>m sure there will be people getting 50</code>s on them…</p>
<p>I suppose now would be a good time to start homework, right? I mean, it`s only 8:22.</p>
<p>@Alex I believe those averages considering the 2015 average last year (When we were freshmen) at my school was only like 100-110.</p>
<p>So do you guys only have to do spanish?
At my school we do:
6th grade- French and Spanish/German
7th- French, Spanish/German and latin
8th- Two of languages you did the year before
9th and 10th- One modern language and others to take up option choices. Italian can be taken
11th and 12th- Completely optional, not a very high take up because it gets really hard</p>
<p>Everyone has to study French in primary school, and a few schools do Spanish as well</p>
<p>I do French. You don’t need a foreign language to graduate, but at my school, most everyone does one. We offer English, Spanish, French, and Latin.</p>
<p>At my school, we have standard and advanced diplomas, advanced for those wanting to attend college. For advanced diplomas, we have to have 3 years of the same foreign language, or 4 years of two different ones (2&2). We can start taking foreign lang. in 8th grade, Spanish, and in 9th, we have the option of Spanish or French, and in 10th, you can take Latin. Only 3 languages. I wonder if you being in the UK has anything to do with that requirement. Probably.</p>
<p>I may be wrong, but I’ve got the impression that it’s pretty normal for a lot of people in the US to never, or hardly ever, go further abroad than Canada. Whereas here, I don’t know anyone that hasn’t at least been to France.
Personally I hate French, but love Spanish and German. I have a spanish penpal and take classes, and I’m hoping to spend next summer and my gap year in Germany :)</p>
<p>Yeah, there<code>s definitely people who do go out of the U.S, but most people just go to different states, and not out of country, so it</code>s understandable why we don<code>t learn as many languages. I</code>d love to take German if my school offered it, I`ve got like the most German last name ever :D</p>
<p>WEll, U.S. is big. A state can be bigger than several countries in Europe. But you drive and drive and you see the same thing everywhere, whereas in Europe, you drive a couple hours you’re in a different country, people speak a different language. it’s so cool. I want to go to Europe.</p>
<p>^Agree
Ive been to 24-25 Countries and around 10 states</p>
<p>And covered more land in the US</p>
<p>Well, I took a practice PSAT today, and I don’t think I did too bad. Higher than average.</p>
<p>CR: 66
Math: 59
Writing: 55</p>
<p>Total: 180</p>
<p>How does that score look?</p>