Should i take spanish or latin in high school?

This is a great question! My mom took latin and she's the best speller I know. Latin is the root of a lot of american language as well as most modern medical language, so it would definitely be a benefit to you as a doctor. However, you are correct that Spanish is the second most common language in the US. If you live in any state that borders water or in the south, Spanish would be a wise move (Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Florida), but if you are in the northern/midwest states, you won't encounter people who speak spanish as much. So I guess it depends on where you live. If you live in a state with a large Hispanic population (or plan to live in one) I'd go with spanish. Anywhere else, I'd go with Latin because of it's help with school. Any chance you could do both?

if want something easy definitely take spanish, if u want something that will help u in ur future career take latin,there are a lot of latin words in medicine

Might as well take Spanish. It's more useful, and everyone has to learn terminology whether they know Latin or not. Besides, Spanish will also help a little with terminology, since it is closer to Latin than English.

You really don't need to know that much Latin, the little Latin you need to write perscriptions is very minimal. I would take some more useful than Latin.

If you are able to, take them both. I do. They are both important. Spanish will be important as a doctor because so many people speak the language. My sister volunteers at a hospital and she was able to help a woman who only spoke spanish. Latin is also important because so many words, especially medical terms, have latin roots. Both are very easy and it is not hard to double up on those to languages. If you can, take both.

If you live in an area where proficiency in the Spanish language would be a benefit in your day-to-day life, taking Spanish may seem attractive. But if you take the longer view, Latin proficiency will provide the basis for enhancing vocabulary in English, since such a large percentage of English words have Latin roots. Of course, Spanish, French and Italian all derive directly from Latin, so it would be comparatively easy to acquire proficiency in those languages after studying Latin. As for the medical school angle, I would suggest that a strong science and math background would be far more important than Latin, but having a strong English vocabulary would also be of benefit. Whatever you choose, have fun with it!

yeah. take them both. spanish is pretty easy. latin will help you. or take spanish in school and learn latin on your own, that way theres less hw, lol

Well, consider acquiring an extra language not only for your career but for your life. Latin might help for old texts, but remember that almost no-one reads or writes in Latin anymore.

if you want to become a doctor,i think you are wiser to take latin.if you want to learn spanish later,the latin will provide you with a lot of insight in all latin languages,and makes it a lot more easy to learn spanish. (like killing 2 flies with the same stone)