My son got an "A" in Spanish!!!!
Back in August I posted that my seventh grade son had gotten into Spanish class in Middle School, and few of you asked to be updated, so...
He got an A!!! Yay!!!
His Spanish teacher is a native of Mexico, although she doesn't give them instructions in Spanish in class, like an "immersion" setting, which I was sort of hoping for, but I guess I can't have everything! They are not doing any verb conjugations yet, they are doing things like days of the week, colors, names of body parts, etc.
But the good news is, is that he got an "A" and he seems to be enjoying it!
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Good news Amy
I especially liked this comment:
he seems to be enjoying it!
I think this is the best part of the whole issue, I always try to make my students love English, if that works, my job is much easier. Most of my students do, this year, among my private students, I actually count two of the mothers! 
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I am happy, they have seen that to love the language is the important part.
although she doesn't give them instructions in Spanish in class, like an "immersion" setting, which I was sort of hoping for, but I guess I can't have everything!
Tell you the truth, I don't believe in this immersion thing unless it is a bilingual school and he gets to hear more Spanish than only that one class. I think children get extremely bored if they don't understand anything and they start to hate what they are doing, so I personally think, the teacher is doing the best approach 
Something I'm learning is it takes both verbs and vocabulary to create sentences. So your son getting the vocabulary first down pat will make creating sentences fun when he understands the more pesky, irregular verbs!
That's great news, Amy. It is wonderful when your kids enjoy a subject that you like too. You can both talk about it together and you can help him. And it keeps it exciting for you as well.
Mi profesor de español en high school hace muchísimos años era muy cruel y pedante. Me enseñaba que yo era muy tonto y nada más. El español odiaba. No podía verlo para nada. Pero siempre él lo explicaba en español, y les confieso que aprendía mucho. Muchos años después, al empezar a trabajar con mexicanos y al viajar a los países al sur, supe que valía la pena estudiarlo en serio. No cabe duda que saber inglés y español, o sea, ser bilingüe, es una ventaja. ¡Es bueno que su hijo lo esté estudiando de niño cuando es más fácil aprenderlo! Le doy la enhorabuena a él por recibir su "A".
That is great news Amy! Now if I could get him to motivate my daughter, that would be excellent. I try speaking Spanish to her as often as possible and offer to study with her every night, but she is barely getting a "B" or about 85.
However, we are planning to return to work in the Dominican Republic again next summer so hopefully all of the cute, teen-aged boys (who barely speak English) that she met last time will be enough incentive for her to "get it in gear".
That's great, Amy! Your enthusiasm for learning Spanish is contagious.
It depends on the country, I guess. In Spain, until just recently, all grades were given on a number between 0 and 10 (=100%), no letters. 90% or above used to be described as "sobresaliente", and then, as percentages went down, "notable", "suficiente" (50%), and anything below, a failure. In the past I would have said:
Le han dado un sobresaliente.
Le han puesto un sobresaliente.
Ha sacado un sobresaliente.
That's great Amy!! Congratulations to your son!! When he does start getting into the harder stuff (verb conjucations), it will be good that you will be able to help him, if needed... 
Yay, Amy! Congratulations to your son.
¡Enhorabuena a tu hijo y tu! Well done, indeed.
That's Brilliant!!! I wish I could get "A"s
