If I'd gaven to some of the others, it would have been two languages - non optional English plus French or Latin - and I really wasn't good at chemistry or physics, and enjoy music only via listening, so that would have sucked for me.

Oh, neat, I didn't know those were your options. I'm glad you got to go to the one best suited to your interests! My school had a strong agricultural program and was probably pretty good if you wanted to be a farmer. Academics, not so much. (My parents, enrolling me in this school: "We're told it's the worst school in the area, but you're smart, so it doesn't matter what school you go to.")

Mind you: to me, you sound like a linguistic genius, and I'm in awe at all you've learned and are able to do in this regard!

Thank you. <3 I hear this a lot, which is why it's so outrageous that after all this time and effort, I'm still monolingual!