I (L1 English, L2 Spanish) teach Spanish 1 and 2 in a high school with a large Hispanic population. I'd say my Spanish is probably at the C1 level, not quite C2. I have Spanish classes that are 1/3 or more native/heritage. We sometimes allow the students to test out, but not always, because there's not always another class for them to go to. Also, If my class only has 20, they won't add them to another elective class that has 32. It is also not possible to create a Heritage Learners class only.

The children overall are sweet, but they complain about what is being taught in the course, say it's overly formal, the vocab is different than what they use at home, or ask snarky questions if I make a mistake. I don't normally make mistakes teaching them, but I may drop a preposition or miss the subjunctive while I'm speaking to them in Spanish.

It's starting to make me question whether I even chose the right career in the first place. The students usually enjoy my class. It's challenging, but I think they learn a lot of Spanish. There even grade distribution, so plenty of As, Bs, Cs, some Ds. We try not to fail students, so it's got to be really bad for a student to have an F in my class.

Just looking for advice here. I miss feeling like a teacher in my class, knowing more than the students.