• came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    in secondary school (ages 14-18) it was highly encouraged to take at least 2 years of a foreign language, though american sign language counted. and kids on the "not college" pipeline didn't have to do that. j'ai trois ans de les cours de francais, but i haven't had much opportunity to practice or use it conversationally in like the 25 years since.

    edit: secondary school offered french, spanish, german or ASL. the private $$$ schools offered mandarin and others.