Quote Originally Posted by Hyoi View Post
Speaking as someone who actually does speak Spanish, a lot of American high school school Spanish teachers are nowhere near fluent, and a lot of American students pass high school Spanish with high marks without ever developing any commutative competence.

The same could be said for English teachers in a lot of other countries, so I don't think it's an exclusively American problem.
High School courses arent intended to teach fluency, just the basics. You have to go on to college/university level courses to get that level of competency.