goodness gracious Lut!! A BIlingual American is somewhat of a rare thing here. 4 languages!!??!! I would venture to say that not many Americans know much more of a second language than what can be picked up in a few years of high school language courses. Different cultures certainly look at language skills in completely different ways!
I took two years of French in high school, but I probably couldn't talk my way out of a paper bag.
I don't mean to hijack Steph Do you like your teacher? I think that I picked up more language skills from my one year of Latin than I did from my 2 years of French simply because I had more of a connection with my Latin teacher.
Good luck!