My high school does not offer the foreign language I wish to study...?

Call that school counselor on his bullshit. Your and your parent's tax dollars are paying his salary and he better give you the service that he is paid to perform. If your school district indeed allows you to obtain credits from a neighboring school, I would call out your counselor on the "too complex" excuse and ask him point blank if he is willing to help you navigate the process. This is a yes or no answer. If he is unwilling or avoiding the issue, escalate it to your principal. If the latter is still unwilling, then the matter should be escalated to your school district. P.S. Nothing wrong with Tokio Hotel... it's just that the fans, especially girls, can sometimes be a bit crazy.

If I were you I would try it again with your school. You can study languages on your own, but it's not easy. I've been trying to study Japanese on my own, started around the time that a friend of mine was learning Chinese and she's way better than me, because she has a tutor and I have ... internet and a text book. If your school offers the ability to study at a neighboring high school, then demand to have it. If she doesn't know how, make her find out! Go to the other high school and ask if they know. Trust me the only way you can get things done around school, generally speaking, is by pushing and demanding it will be done. Otherwise they'll think it's too troublesome. Good luck! I'm taking German in high school and it's really fun :-) I love the language.

I would recommend that you transfer to a school following the International Baccalaureate program, as it is required for schools following the International Baccalaureate program to allow their students to pursue an individual study if their parents see fit. At my school, International School Ho Chi Minh City, we were given the option upon entering high school to study a language that the school did not have a teacher for. If you were able to find a tutor willing to help you, follow the curriculum as with any other class as well as put in the same amount of hours, than you were able to study any language you wished and still receive full credit. If you can find a German tutor, you should be able to study German. I would also like to point out that one of the main reasons I am learning German is because I was inspired by Tokio Hotel and that it was unfair of you to group all of their fans as illiterate. I wish you the best of luck with your education.

Talk to more people about being allowed to take the class. If the rules say that you are allowed to do so then your school should help you, you just need to find the right people to ask and your guidance councelor obviously isn't one of them. Can your parents help you or a teacher or the headmaster? They shouldn't be allowed to hinder your learning. Try a few more options before you decide to try the internet. You should be able to take that class.

If I were you I would try it again with your school. You can study languages on your own, but it's not easy. I've been trying to study Japanese on my own, started around the time that a friend of mine was learning Chinese and she's way better than me, because she has a tutor and I have ... internet and a text book. If your school offers the ability to study at a neighboring high school, then demand to have it. If she doesn't know how, make her find out! Go to the other high school and ask if they know. Trust me the only way you can get things done around school, generally speaking, is by pushing and demanding it will be done. Otherwise they'll think it's too troublesome. Good luck! I'm taking German in high school and it's really fun :-) I love the language.

I would recommend that you transfer to a school following the International Baccalaureate program, as it is required for schools following the International Baccalaureate program to allow their students to pursue an individual study if their parents see fit. At my school, International School Ho Chi Minh City, we were given the option upon entering high school to study a language that the school did not have a teacher for. If you were able to find a tutor willing to help you, follow the curriculum as with any other class as well as put in the same amount of hours, than you were able to study any language you wished and still receive full credit. If you can find a German tutor, you should be able to study German. I would also like to point out that one of the main reasons I am learning German is because I was inspired by Tokio Hotel and that it was unfair of you to group all of their fans as illiterate. I wish you the best of luck with your education.

Call that school counselor on his bullshit. Your and your parent's tax dollars are paying his salary and he better give you the service that he is paid to perform. If your school district indeed allows you to obtain credits from a neighboring school, I would call out your counselor on the "too complex" excuse and ask him point blank if he is willing to help you navigate the process. This is a yes or no answer. If he is unwilling or avoiding the issue, escalate it to your principal. If the latter is still unwilling, then the matter should be escalated to your school district. P.S. Nothing wrong with Tokio Hotel... it's just that the fans, especially girls, can sometimes be a bit crazy.