>>64735474>mandatoryIt's hardly the case. Foreign language classes were basically a joke when I was at school, and from what my younger siblings told me that continued to be the case long after. I didn't pay attention during French classes, and most people just did the bare minimum necessary to not get in trouble. I've spent some time learning Japanese since because of my own interests, but I couldn't give a fuck about learning French, Spanish or any other irrelevant language
