I passed my 3rd year high school exam in Latin in much the same way as muuranker passed her O level. I now remember (completely literally) only about 3 lines of Latin, probably the first 3 we learnt (one was "Caecilius est in via"). Not even what famous phrases often heard in general conversation mean, because we were busy learning about what Caecilius got up to, I imagine.
What was the dog called in those books? It's on the tip of my tongue.
I haven't had much need to know Latin, however, personally, and can look things up if need be, so never mind eh? Personally I think that learning 3 languages for 2 years with few lessons in each did me no good at all, since I can't remember my year of German either. That would have been useful to remember. Only the French, somewhat, which was begun in Primary school, and studied to GCSE.
Nb. I am not knocking classics one bit and think that it's a shame that they are not offered in schools as much now. Just the specificity of my experience ie. the way it was organised in my high school.
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wellinghall) wrote2008-04-13 11:52 am
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What was the dog called in those books? It's on the tip of my tongue.
I haven't had much need to know Latin, however, personally, and can look things up if need be, so never mind eh? Personally I think that learning 3 languages for 2 years with few lessons in each did me no good at all, since I can't remember my year of German either. That would have been useful to remember. Only the French, somewhat, which was begun in Primary school, and studied to GCSE.
Nb. I am not knocking classics one bit and think that it's a shame that they are not offered in schools as much now. Just the specificity of my experience ie. the way it was organised in my high school.
the dog