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Foreign Language
Hey all. I was wondering if you guys thought I made a smart choice. Here it is: for freshman year, I am not continuing Spanish and going to Spanish 2 Honors, but instead I'm taking Italian 1 because I think it's different and a beutiful language. Please tell me if you think I made a smart choice. Thanks!
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i think its a smart choice your experiencing other things and i think collages like a little disverty(spelling?) but (i know the big but) spanish is used a lot more commonly than Italian so for you its all a matter of choice to me Italian is really kool and different.
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Bad choice. Colleges look for commitmwnt, and switching isn't going to help. If you do 3 or 4 years of Italian, then it's not a problem.
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honestly, if they see 3 years of a language, that looks better than just a whole bunch of random ones. I personally think spanish is used more but if you like it, that's a good choice. I'm just biased since I'm fluent in spanish. but anyway, italian is pretty similar to spanish. i can understand/read things in italian if that gives you any idea of how similar it is. <3
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yes, if you aren't happy in spanish than going with italian is smart. the only thing is now you should stick with italian for all of highschool because colleges like to see at least 3 steady, consistent years of a language!
<3 HOPE I HELPED.
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I think it is a good decision. Itailian and Spanish are very much alike and its good to expand your horizons and take the challenge. I would say most def. you made a good choice!
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I think you made a good decision. I personally think that Spanish is a pretty rare language, but everyone takes it because it's easy and common. If we had Italian, I would defenetly choose it because it's different and I love Italy! Whatever you like more and feel happy about, then you made the right choice.
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Which ever you like better however keep your credits fro graduating in mind.
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In my opinion, you made a good choice. However, I have learned some Italian after learning Spanish and to tell you the truth, Italian is harder. It's harder to learn because of the grammar and it's also harder to read because letters change their sounds so much. Italian is a beautiful language, that is true, but it will take more time to learn. But since you know some Spanish that should help.
Overall if you're willing to work harder then you made the right choice.
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It's a great choice if you really would rather take Italian!
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you should only take it if you want to...if your good at it then take it...hope i helped..
♥ alley
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I pretty much agree with the answers below. I just wanted to add that when you evaluate whether or not you made the right choice, you might also consider what it is you want to it them for.
What I mean is, are you learning a langauge just because you like it? Are you learning the language because you plan to spend time in the country in question? Or are you learning it to give you some sort of an advantage later in life from a business point of view? (there are undoubtedly more questions you could ask, this is all I can think of now)
For one and two you definately made the right choice. For the last question, not neccessarily, since Italian is not used as much in the business world.
I am just trying to give you all the angles that you might want to tackle the issue from. Overall, I defintely believe that if you like something, you are far better off doing that then something else. However, all things being equal, there are some more practical elements one might consider.
Anways, good luck and enjoy.
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Do whatever makes you happy, If Spanish isn't what you want to do don't do it. Italian is a beautiful,language, I think you should take it, hey it might come in handy one day.
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If you like Italian, you'll do better at learning it. You made the right choice.
Italian will also be VERY useful if you decide to study Latin, which is itself a very useful language to know. Among other things, it expands your English vocabulary incredibly, and it helps you with most other European languages as well.
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Honestly, who are we to tell you what is right or wrong here?
What class you take as a freshman doesn't effect the course of your life is a deeply serious way. More then likely no one is going to suffer unbearably because you dropped Spanish and no one is going to be saved for certain doom because you know some Italian. I can understand why this is a big a decision for you but it's not something we can really help you with, cause it isn't vitally important to anybody else.
If suddenly it becomes important you can pick the class up some other time. No problem. I've done it, most of my friends have done it. Lots of people do it when they realize they need a class they didn't take first time they had a chance.
So, are you happy with your choice? You sound like you are. That is plenty 'smart' enough for me.
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