I took 4 years of Spanish in high school.

4 years later after college I had to take a reading exam in French. Just a little brush up over the summer with Palmeri & Milligan French for Reading Knowledge and I was able to pass the exam.

Jeez, I just pulled that book down off the shelf. The last time I read it was 40 years ago. omigod. Time to take a load to the used book store.