Spanish

This is one subject I really wish I'd taken as a GCSE at High school. Instead for some crazy reason I took French. I've needed Spanish more than I've needed French. Spanish is a far more widely spoken language than French. You go to the majority of European, North American, South American places and Spanish is what they're speaking.

Wish I'd taken it.Instead,for some crazy reason,I took German. Many times,I've wanted to chat up a hot latino chick,and kicked myself. There just haven't been droves of pretty german girls in my travels....guess I ought to visit Berlin.

I have studied several languages, Sadly, I have never learned any but English and even those skills are debatable. My loss, but not for Lack of trying.

Because I tested well in English at the tender age of 10, I qualified for Spanish Immersion (irony). This meant that, in addition to replacing half of my English curriculum with Spanish class, my social studies class was taught en Español. Unfortunately, the teacher of the latter was abysmal, so I didn't really enjoy learning the language at the time. Years later, when I did a semester in Rome in college, my 4 years of Spanish helped me immensely in becoming conversationally fluent in Italian rather quickly, so points earned for that.

Given the Latin origin of the language and the sharing of many words and grammatical structure of Latin derived languages, it was relatively easy for me to learn it, especially since my native language was Romanian, another Latin derived language. It's complexity makes it one of the hardest  item in the school curriculum, and it takes many years of practice to actualy master it. It is a strong language in it pronunciation, with the characteristic of each letter having it's own sound. The proper application of the accentuation of words may make a difference between meaning one thing or another. An easy language to learn the basics, but basics will make it really hard to make oneself understood and/or to understand the more literate aspect of it. Every Latin American country where Spanish is spoken have their local and peculiar words and styles, but the all share the common source : the Castillian Spanish originated in the Kingdom of Castilla in medieval Spain. A peculiar touch is the in... Read more

I admit that as an American, I do have preconceptions about Spanish. I have constantly seen it as the language of illegal immigrants and even legal ones. Despite that, I must admit that Spanish is very useful in the United States, especially in the states bordering Mexico. It is also useful in neighboring South America except for Brazil.For those who want to take advantage of Spanish's usefulness, I encourage you. This Romance language is one of the easiest to learn. Spanish does have a good amount of romance and passion attached to it, especially if you visit Spanish-speaking nightclubs.I personally have never learned it formally in school and do not have a desire to do so. I may learn it on my own in the future though.

Fun if you can do the whole rolling of the "r's" thing...which I can't

I was a Spanish minor back in the 1960's and it becomes more useful as each year goes by!I am rather good at reading subtitles.  I can't speak it for spit.

Didn't take it and as a result picked up my Spanish in Mexican bodegas and taverns ordering cerveza.

Ah sexy romantic beatiful poetic language, es mi lengua! =]

The best way to learn Spanish (apart from emigrating to Spain) is to listen to a series of Spanish lessons on audiobook. This sure helps with Spanish pronunciation and conversationbal Spanish and is delivered by a native Spanish speaker.

mi favorito!!!!!!

The only Spanish class I ever took was working for three years at my local Circle K. You can only imagine what I learned. :)

Took it briefly. Didn't like it and I remember virtually nothing.

Not always the most fun class, but speaking Spanish is an incredibly helpful skill for most people in America these days. Those who are bilingual will have increasingly more options when it comes to jobs in the future.

I wish I would have paid more attention in this class and tried to learn something. I could use it now but I don't remember much. Adios.

Me gusta espanol (I like spanish).  Even though we live in the U.S spanish is still something that we should learn. Spanish has always been apart of my life which will always help me in the future. Us learning spanish makes the world see how all the cultures should combine. Languages are so rewarding and pleasing to learn.

Having learned Spanish or most any other language is richly rewarding in and of itself. Of course, best to start when young. As to being favored with gifted teachers, that's a gamble with any other subject at any point in your education.

I really didn't get much out of this class, and I took it twice. My first teacher was slow, and we got thru the first 4 chapters in a 20 chapter book. My second teacher was a new teacher and didn't know what to do, so she just put movie in that were NOT in spanish.That's our school's for ya, kids!!!

Should be mandatory in some states.

It's a poetic and beautiful language. . .I've always appreciated it. . .it has a happy cadence of vowels that make it occassionaly sound like music. . .

Check out my Latin review.

As I mentioned with my French review; I have a knack for languages, this was also the easiest "A", I ever earned in school. As with the other, this class also allows you to learn about the culture and people in Spanish speaking countries. I got to try foods from several different countries, I got to write a children's book, and had a few guest speakers. I took this (and French) for all 4 years of high school and enjoyed every minute of it.

I am %50 venezuelan and %50 spaniard. South America, and Spanish is my mother language. Most Americans think of spanish, they think of the mexicans mowing the lawns and of Reggaeton Music (which is good to dance but totaly bulgar) which comes from Puerto Ricans living in the US. Anyway, Most americans don't know about the REAL spanish which came from spain and is called Castillian, which sounds VERY different from latin america spanish. It's like comparing USA english with UK english, which both sound totally different. Spain Spanish sounds more "european" than latin american spanish. Anyway, 100% of spain speaks Castillian and %50 of them speak a local language (not a dialect. a language). there are more than 4 different languages in spain such as Gallego which is the origin of portugese and is very similar, Castillian which is the spanish of spain, Basque or Euskera which is what the Cro-Magnon men spoke, and Catalan which is a mix of Italian, spanish, and french. And there are othe... Read more

An overly annoying language that I will not take the time to learn regardless of it's growth. I much prefer the English language remain the primary language in America, none of this biligual stuff.

The only spanish i know is related to Taco Bell. I should not have to learn any forign language. This is America! They should learn our language instead of we learning theirs. I would not go near the spanish area of town anyway. I could get robbed!

I grew up in the Miami area; during my elementary years Spanish was part of our daily curriculum. I went on to take seven more years of Spanish and three of German. My mother spoke French, so I tried wholeheartedly to learn it as well, I can still recall a few choice words! Learning a foreign language, especially in the upper levels, can be helpful with English as well, with understanding tenses, the conjugation of verbs and the etymology of words.

It is a very beautiful language, and it is fairly easy to learn.

It's ok, but I'm sick of the Mexicans coming into America demanding that we adopt the language too. Ridiculous, you come here, you learn the freakin' English language. I also don't like the snobs that correct you or exaggerate the pronounciation of Spanish words. The ones that roll their tongues, I mean. Oh god, what a bunch of wankers. Latin America is a hellhole, I would prefer it *stay down in the hole!

A very interesting class, although I hate learning the past tenses. Maybe I'll take Spanish III. Maybe not. Depends on the teacher, I suppose.

I did some spanish in my World Languages class last year but aparently I didn't get teriffic grades. But I got the hang of it.

spanish can be one of the MOST annoying languages you have ever heard - especially on a packed subway when they are screaming in your ear.

Take it. Learn it. Use it. If for anything, to get one of those hot Latinos in bed.

An easy language to learn. I studied it in seven months and became fluent!

Learning and speaking Spanish can help you discover the awesome qualities of Latin women. And you'd be suprised how often non-English speaking Latinos express sincere gratitude when gringos (like me, hehe) take the time to translate something for them.

The Spanish language is extremely functional in today's society. I read just the other day that it has now passed English as the second most spoken primary language (the first still being Mandarin Chinese, though I still believe English tops the list with most overall speakers, primary and secondary). Unfortunately, I must admit I find that Spanish sounds fast and ugly to my ear (especially when compared to the other romance languages such as French, Italian and Romanian), though this is obviously subjective. I also get irritated by the gendered nouns that are used in romance languages. Nevertheless, my next language to learn would be Spanish.

La lengua de mi gente.Spanish is the best.Especially in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.

Everybody that I know has taken Spanish. It has become too regular to hear. Especially in Southern Cali. I will admit though, CASTILLIAN Spanish is awesome! But I just don't hear it as much as the usual Spanglish that we get arround here.

I am currently taking Spanish in high school and I hate it! It is very nerve racking and it has so many things that mean the same, but they actually mean different things. The only reason I am taking it is because it is required on the advanced diploma in my high school.It's ashame the illegal aliens don't take any time to learn English.

I had an awesome Spanish teacher for 3 of 4 years. She was funny, energetic, and truly concerned about her students. Every day we would "charlar" or chat (in Spanish, of course). She loved to be in on the gossip. While I am not fluent, I have had many conversations in Spanish. As a teacher, I use Spanish to communicate with English Language Learners and their parents. Too many American students leave school with several years of Spanish and no ability to communicate. Senorita C. challenged us to speak and converse rather than drill.

I'll tell you something, Spanish is one of the most beautiful languages I have ever studied. If one has the patience for it then it can be very rewarding.

I live in Texas, so obviously, Spanish was the foreign language that I chose to study in High School. This year as a freshman, I took Spanish I. I'm sorry to say that I cannot give you an unbiased analysis because we did not learn squat. Absolutely nothing. And next year, I have to take Spanish II and probably will struggle because of my teacher this year. I'll give you a bit of history. From August to October of 2002, I had a Spanish teacher who actually was pretty good and I really felt like I had the hang of this Spanish thing. Then in October, he was dismissed because some people in the Spanish Department were angry that he was not following the cirriculum and were concerned that he was not teaching enough. So they bring in this lady of Spanish origin, who studied Spanish for 7 years in High School and college and is a whiz. And now, all of what I learned from Aug. to Oct. has been forgotten, and I have not learned anything but verb conjugations since then. This lady does not teach... Read more

Definetely the worst part of the educational system. I have had two full years of Spansih, and what have I learned? Amigo, and Hola. That's it. This is America, where we speak English. Foriegn languages should remian optional when deciding classes.

Very fun class--I've taken three years of it back in high school. It's a relevant subject, since there are people who do speak Spanish here in the US and I have actually used the skills I've aquired in high school to communicate with some people since then. It's nice to learn about cultures outside of the US, and I think it promotes some light tolerance of people who happen to not speak English here in America (well, for some, at least). Out of the two languages (other than English, but that doesn't count) I've taken, I liked Spanish.

I took 3 years of it in high school because I liked the teacher but I can really hardly remember anything from it. It's useful to learn if you're gonna live in Texas I guess.