Two languages at GCSE

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Hello DD at a good, standard northern comp. Good at languages, motivated and predicted 8s and 9s across the board so far. But choosing GCSE options and seems really really unusual to do two modern foreign languages at our school. Almost all do Spanish which they start in year seven but French is only started at year nine so quite late. She has done a term and a half.
Is doing two a really bad idea? School said it was fine and encouraged it but when I asked, only five out of 200+ in year had done two this year and I think they were bilingual at home in one of the two. Thanks for any thoughts.

My son is doing 3 MFL and a classical one (Greek). It's hard work but if she likes it they are very interesting and a skill that you she have for life, especially if she continues after school.
Furthermore, MFL is a subject that can get her in a very good university if she wishes to study at university, on its own or among another subject

I did two languages at GCSE many years ago and got an A* in both. I found them a walk in the park compared to Maths! At the time it was compulsory to do at least once language at GCSE, whereas now it isn’t. My son thought about it but it but due to the way the options blocks work, it would have meant he couldn’t have done Computer Science.

@OMGitsnotgood well you are a delight to criticise a turn of phrase

I wasn’t criticising the words you used, just couldn’t understand why someone who had so many language O’levels would consider it unfair to start a second language later. That’s what happened in most schools even back in our day.