Well, from grades 4-8, I took French, as it was required. In grade 8, I passed French with only 51%... Taking that to heart, I took Japanese from grades 9-11, which was the requirement for most universities/college. I know smatterings of French, and I can piece together sentences of French, but I'm not really fluent in either. I used to be fairly fluent in Japanese, but I haven't been in a few years.