Any language that interests you is worth taking. I live in a multicultural area, and there are doctors that speak Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, German, and more, including French. However, if you advertise yourself as speaking a second language, you need to be completely fluent in it, which is way beyond 2 years of high school classes (and especially 8th grade level).

It’s true that you don’t need a language to be a doctor, but it would help you get more patients. Many immigrants may know enough English to get by in daily life, but not enough to understand complex medical issues. And even if someone does know a lot of English, many people are most comfortable speaking their first language.

If you dislike Spanish, don’t take it. Keep in mind that you will have a lot more languages to pick from in college, if you wish to actually learn to be fluent in a language.

Edit: Ok, you already know 3 languages. Since you are required to take 2 years of a language, take whichever one is more interesting, so you will be motivated to learn it well enough to get good grades. Don’t worry about people who tell you you have to learn Spanish.

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you should h ave chosen spanish. you will have none or few french patients. The majority of your patients will be latinos. Since you know a little spanish you will learn alot of it in high school and it will help you in the long run

spanish is america’s second language, so mastering spanish, instead of learning french, should have been your choice.

“i don’t think i would need spanish to be a doctor.”

but u dont need to know french to be a doctor either

Since colleges don’t require one or the other, take the one that interests you the most. If you don’t want to take Spanish your grades may suffer if you take it because of lack of interest.

actually i would take spanish..odds are you’d have more spanish patients as a dr. than you would french..