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German? Tom Send a noteboard - 27/09/2015 03:21:51 PM

According to what I found, only 14% of secondary schools in the US offer German, which is one percentage point above Latin. I personally never went to a school that offered German (if I did, I would have taken it). None of my friends ever went to schools that offered German, though one of my cousins lived in Minnesota and German was offered there. It was very unusual, so unusual that people remarked on it.

In the vast majority of the United States, you have two options at most: Spanish and (usually) French. Some places only offer Spanish. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have moved to a town that had a Latin program. I actually got a waiver to go to that school because it was outside my district, but taking Latin was one of the permitted reasons to switch.

Language study in the United States in secondary schools is a complete joke. My Latin teacher was strict, but most people ended up with 4 years of Spanish and could still only say "Yo quiero Taco Bell".

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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We agree on most things, then. Good. - 26/09/2015 11:09:40 PM 456 Views
German? - 27/09/2015 03:21:51 PM 514 Views
Do you have the full statistics? That'd be interesting. - 27/09/2015 04:59:40 PM 477 Views
Can you list those language choices? - 28/09/2015 07:21:37 AM 541 Views
Wait, who is that a question to? - 28/09/2015 06:38:20 PM 483 Views
You. - 28/09/2015 08:05:54 PM 638 Views
Oh. I couldn't tell you exactly. - 28/09/2015 08:39:53 PM 522 Views
My local High School only offers Spanish and French - 28/09/2015 05:34:27 PM 482 Views
Indeed. - 27/09/2015 11:41:07 PM 448 Views
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