Many colleges I applied to required 2-3 years of a foreign language. The high schools I went to offered Spanish, French, or Latin.

My earlier schools were a bit quirky with foreign languages. In 2nd grade, we had a period where they taught us some basic Spanish. The gifted classes offered French after school. (A bit of a bust, they taught the same thing each of the 3 years I took it). A middle school in another state had languages in 8th grade that taught 9 weeks each of Spanish, German, and French. The other 9 weeks was a "cultures" class.

"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited