<p>She took Hebrew for six years before her bat mitzvah. She took Italian for two years but dropped it this (junior) year – our school’s sole Italian teacher is poor at best, and she wanted to take two math classes so she dropped it. She was thinking more of engineering school at the time, where it wouldn’t make much difference. She can go back and take a third year senior year but would prefer not to. If it will hurt her chances, though, she may.</p>