fm115+Difficult+Choices

//** Spanish or French? **//

It was an average fifth grade day. I had just came out of math class and had gone to world language. Our World Language teacher, Mrs. Walkiewiz, gave us a sheet of paper. It had the words French and Spanish on it.

"When you go home tonight, I would like for you to discuss with your parents which language you would like to study next year," said Mrs. Walkiewiz in a very sophisticated tone.

"What if we don't want to take a language next year?" Colin blurted out.

"Colin, honey, please try to refrain from calling out," Mrs. Walkiewiz said with major frustration, " and yes, you are all required to take a language class next year."

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh," the class moaned annoyingly.

"Please conclude your groaning for today, sweeties," Mrs. Walkiewiz said with irritation. " So, when you get home, you need to pick a language and get the paper signed by a parent. Do you understand?"

"Yes Mrs. Walkiewiz," the class said with some minor attitude. Then the bell rang, and everyone bolted for the door.

After school, my mom picked me up and I told her about how I had to choose a language that I wanted to study in sixth grade. When we got home, we sat down and thought of some good things about each language. One good thing about taking French is that I can read some books that I really enjoy, like the book, Tintin, in its original language. A good thing about Spanish is that I can understand my Spanish uncle when he yells at the soccer players on T.V. Another good thing about Spanish is that I can use it more when I grow up because a large amount of people speak Spanish.

My mom and I thought it over for a very long time. It was a difficult choice to make. In the end, we decided that I should take Spanish because it is a much more useful language for me at this time in my life. I circled the word Spanish and my mom signed the paper.

I feel that I made the right choice. Even though it was a tough decision, I think that Spanish is the better language to choose for me. I am having a lot of fun learning all of the Spanish words and meanings. I can't wait to go to Ireland and talk to all of my Spanish cousins in the exciting language that I am learning. Now my sister and I can talk to each other in Spanish and my mom won't know what we are saying! Even though I would still like to learn to speak French some day, I am glad to be taking Spanish this year.

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