How difficult will it be for me to learn Spanish?

• I am now 16 years old. I used to speak Spanish fluently, and I learned it at the same time as English. Unfortunately, when I got older and had to go to school, I wasn't able to keep practicing my Spanish and I forgot it. That's right, I basically forgot how to speak an entire language. It's embarrassing. I am planning to take a college level Spanish class this spring and I am wondering how easy you think it will be for me. I know that this is a really broad and abstract question, considering you don't know me. More info: from 3rd-6th grade I took a mandatory Spanish class at my elementary school. It was a waste of time though because the teachers were constantly being replaced, the class didn't meet often enough, and I didn't care about learning at the time. I got almost nothing from three years of classes. (or at least that's what I think) When I started middle school, I was offered Spanish, French, Latin, and Chinese as possible foreign languages. I didn't choose Spanish because I considered (and still do) my overall Spanish experience to be a terrible defeat. Latin is dead and I was not interested in French, so I chose Chinese. I have taken Chinese since 7th grade and I am now in 10th grade and still doing well there, which leads me to conclude that I must be a naturally good learner when it comes to languages. (or something like that) I was offered to join the honors Chinese class at the beginning of next year but I had to decline due to my schedule. I do, however, plan to take the equivalent of a year's worth of Chinese over the summer in summer school so that I can catch up to the honors class and catch up to the honors track of classes for 11th grade, and I will finish in AP Chinese in my senior year. I've had brief experiences with Italian and German, but I decided to stop learning Italian until I have some Spanish back and then it will be easy. I learned some german phrases for a trip, and stopped afterwards. I do still pick up some new words every so often due to the music that I still listen to, though. So, that's basically all the background I can give. How do you guys think it will go?

• Answer:

  If you learned it once then you will remember and you wont have a hard time.