Originally posted by Kfamr
At my highschool it is manditory to have a year of a foreign language to graduate. It's either a year or two years, and alot of the kids go for taking Spanish, or even 2 different languages.
Most high schools have a foreign language requirement, which is good, though most of us would admit we retained, or rather acquired very little of the second language. It's good for a generally understanding of how languages work, but I agree with KYS if it's gonna stick it's best introduced earlier, elementary, or younger. And then used.