I started a week ago. Loving it so far, which is something I never thought I'd say.
I don't know if you took Spanish 1 in 7th or 6th grade (you should have), but why are you in the class if it is too advanced for you?
In my state, it's offered in 8th grade for an early high school credit if you want to take it early.
I'm sure he's fine taking Spanish 2. Quite honestly, I'm trying to get back into the thick of things regarding Spanish. I haven't spoken it in 3 months, and sometimes I just forget words, phrases, verb meanings, conjugations, etc. It's coming back to me.
also spanish was incredibly insane and hurt my head because the teacher spoke almost entirely in spanish and made us try to understand his directions and complete them on the first day
Guarantee he spoke entirely in Spanish the first day in order to get a feel for how much Spanish the class speaks and how fluent you all are. He'll likely start speaking more English tomorrow in the days to come. Don't freak.