Do Americans Often Learn French?

I'm Canadian and I've been learning French in school since grade 1. French, of course, is one of the two official languages here and it's good for getting a job in the civil service. In the States, do people often learn French, and for which reasons. Is French instruction there very France oriented, because the French I learned was very Quebec oriented. Tell me about your experiences.

Most American schools do not start offering languages until junior high / middle school. Most children do not start considering taking a language until high school so as to get credits to graduate and have a nice-looking college application.
There are some special elementary schools that teach a foreign language early on, but those are rare and not the majority.

French, as well as German, Spanish, and Latin, is commonly offered in all schools and I believe it is more France-French oriented.

Many schools offer French as an elective...but the majority of students in the US take Spanish as their foreign language. I never took French - don't have much use for it over here. Even though I'm actually 1/4 French Canadian (how funny is that).
I am fluent in French. Yes, the instruction was mostly about France, and the accent was Parisian. That helped me a lot when I spent a summer there living the culture and only speaking in French.
I do love Canada, though, and in MOntreal I do speak as much French as I can.
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I took French for 3 yrs in high school...I wanted to broaden my horizons more so I took Spanish my senior year...I dont however rememer as much French as I would like
I'm taking french and its very France oriented
but the majority of the students in my school take spanish
my school has about 5 spanish professors and only one for any other language
Took three years of it. Don't remember as much as I would like but I can read all the signs in Quebec and understand them.

Plus I can pronounce them too.

Attendez le feu vert -wait for the green light.

Ralentissez (sp?) slow down

Merci pour les deux points!