You use it all the time, cowboy. Ever ask for a taco or burrito? Ever driven down a cul-de-sac? Feel schadenfreude when the opposing team loses? Congratulations. You speak another language.

English is an amazing language. Dig: "...on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -James Nicoll.

Say what?

There is nothing sadder to me than a student like you who is excused from world language learning. In my experience, students who struggle to learn sometimes do A M A Z I N G in Spanish, French or German. Or any other language they want to pick up. Why would you deny yourself the chance to really excel at something? 

The great thing is, it's the 21st century. You can communicate with whomever you want! Choose a language your siblings don't speak, say funny things to them you learned in class, and watch them go, "HUH?" But why stop there? Impress the world with your awesome new talent!

Just because someone at your school decided not to make another language a requirement to graduate doesn't mean you would not benefit enormously, now and years from now, in taking one for at least a year or two. It's more fun than getting yelled at in shop class or poking your fingers with needles in Home Ec.

In fact, Spanish, French or German could very well be the one class you'll take in Junior or Senior High that's incredibly FUN! We laughed every day in my classes. Students went on to major in languages instead of what they'd originally decided on. Don't let FOMO get to you. Take a language and enjoy school, for a change!