I can confirm that in my generation, at least, learning German was seen as a more elitist choice than Spanish. Latin/Greek were optional and very few chose to s

I can confirm that in my generation, at least, learning German was seen as a more elitist choice than Spanish. Latin/Greek were optional and very few chose to study them. Ironically at the time I felt that Latin classes were easier, and even more interesting than modern languages, e.g.: we were reading already Cicero in our first year.