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I told DS that if he is homeschooled, he still has to study a language. He doesn't like learning a language (still asking why doesn't everyone just learn English). I suggested he learn a language that might come in handy when he becomes a scientist (as that is his goal du jour). He said Korean. I know the big push around here is for the kids to take Mandarin Chinese, but what do you think about Korean? I sort of like the idea, as he is going to taekwondo twice a week in a school that is taught exclusively by Koreans. That's incentive right there, and twice a week practice! I've read good things about Muzzy, but they don't have Korean. I guess we'd use Rosetta Stone. What do you think?

If he's into it, it sounds good to me. One of the nice things about homeschooling is that you can go off the beaten path a bit if you want to. And any language that gives him access to native speakers--like Korean, in your case--is going to be better than one that he just learns "on paper."

I say go for it!

Korean is bit different from Chinese because Korean "characters" are an alphabet. It's a very interesting language!

I'm thinking that any language with a character alphabet will be fun for a boy who hates writing. And I'd learn it, too, which would be fun.

Well, I like it because it's like a secret code

Here's a more detailed description:

http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/Korean.htm

Oooh! Now I want to learn it! I love both codes and learning foreign languages, so it sounds like great fun to me.

Having twice a week access to native speakers is very important. Go for it!
Grinity

Go for it. Like Kriston said that's the nice thing about hs, you can do whatever you want. Meeting native speakers twice a week is perfect.