Latin Surges in Popularity
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I have taken Spanish for 8 years, from 1st to 8th grade. I absolutely suck at it even after all that time. In school, well at least grade school the education isn't concrete and changes often.
As a freshman in High school now I am taking Latin and I absolutely love it! Some people don't like it and there is only 1 Latin 1 class in the whole school. People tend to change after the first year, but sometimes you really like it.
If you go into Latin with a open mind it can really be fun, especially if you have a good teacher. Sometimes it is a little hard but I haven't experienced anything truly difficult. Conjugations are little tricky at first but I am better now, and can do it rather fast now.
I am hoping that this will also really help me in the SATs and other tests but that isn't my main point. I just want to say to most of the young people like me that Latin is really fun. It's not all dorky like it seems, and you can learn to say some fun words. Many of my classmates favorite thing to do is going around insulting people in Latin because nobody knows it! Latin definitely rocks my world!
Jess! Sarah tipped me off. This is an awesome collection of articles that you having. Teaching Latin myself, at the moment, at a boarding school, I see a whole host of different things in this classroom than many other language teachers do. It's wild, but a lot of fun. Great work! Hope to see you Christmas Eve!
I've been teaching Latin for more than 30 years. Most of us Latin teachers love what we do and that shows in our enrollments. Mine have skyrocketed in the last few years. The school tried to find a second teacher to help with the load but was unsuccessful. So I plow on and we limit the numbers in Latin I.
Everyday, I try to connect Latin to today's world. It's amazing how easy it is to compare the modern world to the ancient world. Encouraging future Latin teachers is essential. Encouraging any future teacher is difficult given the financial burdens of a college education today and the financial rewards, or lack thereof, for those going into education. The future of Latin education is in the hands of our students today.
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Since much of the English language has evolved -- directly or indirectly -- from Latin, anyone who aspires to a greater comprehension of English will benefit from a year or two of studying Latin. As an erstwhile altar boy in Baltimore seven decades ago, I had the advantage of using it before taking two years of Latin in junior high school.
Although many of the English derivatives are still closely related to the original Latin meanings, all too many others have morphed into meanings more distant, or even unrelated; e.g. (exempli gratia) 'trivia.'
Pax vobiscum!
I teach English learners in California (Grade 5). I try to point out Latin based, English words and teach my students to look for those to help with comprehension. However, I was never formally trained with any Latin myself. I too have wondered why Latin classes disappeared in schools.
As to Steph of NJ's comment, the question is not 'Will our kids just not be able to communicate with this 30%?' but, will that 30% be able to communicate with the other 70%? And, will they care to learn?
