<p>I feel like I need to take this class to truly be educated. Anyone feel the same way? How difficult will it be?</p>
<p>Lol because it’s Latin? You can only be truly educated if you know beginning Latin? K.</p>
<p>Not just beginning Latin, Latin in general. I feel like “I” will only be truly educated if I know Latin, it’s a personal thing. I feel deprived that I didn’t have a classical education growing up. I look at how Jefferson, Adams, and Spinoza (not only them, I just thought of them first) were educated and I try to emulate them.</p>
<p>Oh, this too:</p>
<p>I will say at once, quite firmly, that the best grounding for education is the Latin grammar. I say this not because Latin is traditional and medieval, but simply because even a rudimentary knowledge of Latin cuts down the labor and pains of learning almost any other subject by at least 50 percent. – Dorothy Sayers, from the National Review.</p>
<p>But more important is the fact that traditional study of Latin starts out with a grammatical framework… As American students begin Latin, they become acquainted with the “Latin grammar” system, which they can indirectly transfer to their work in English. What it gives them is a standardized set of terms in which to describe words in relation to other words in sentences, and it is this grammatical awareness which makes their English writing good. – Professor William V. Harris, NYU.</p>
<p>Then why do you feel so compelled to make a whole entry about it? Just take it. Despite how hard it might be, obviously you feel very strongly about it.</p>
<p>I’ll be there, not out of some inner drive, but because I need to meet the FL req. I only took one year in HS. </p>
<p>Any idea why the Bunche hall classes are 50min 3days a week, yet the others are 50min 2 days/week?</p>
<p>@framlove I just wanted to get feedback from other sources. It’s a huge time commitment, so I want to make sure I’m making the right decision. </p>
<p>@Rrandy 3 Lectures, 2 Discussions</p>
<p>I took one semester of latin at my community college. I’m an english major, consider myself quite proficient with languages having 3 years of spanish in highschool, 2 semesters of college french and 1 semester of japanese… latin makes all of these languages look like childsplay</p>
<p>I managed to get a B in the course, with admittedly minimal effort, but I was terrified by the prospect of taking another semester. In my opinion, it is not only one of the hardest languages you can learn, but its also pretty dry in comparison to the sexy modern romance languages like italian, french and spanish. </p>
<p>If you really like languages or ancient rome, then go for it. In modern society, people will probably consider you to be more intelligent if you could speak french or german or something.</p>
<p>Dissapointingly, when I told people I was taking latin they often thought latin was spanish, I know this is ignorant but it will undoubtedly happen to you lol</p>
<p>I think Italian, French, and German are SEXY. Especially female native-speakers.</p>
<p>And Latin is hard. I know someone who had 4 years of latin in HS and still couldn’t speak straight latin for an hour.</p>
<p>That’s what I’m afraid of! LOL. I’m wondering just how hard it’s going to be, although in the end I know it’ll be rewarding. I thought about French too, but can’t I learn French just as well using Rosetta Stone? </p>
<p>0rganicGreenTea: I took 3 years of Spanish in high school as well, and another 2 years of Spanish in community college. I can speak a little, but I can’t understand native speakers - they’re just way too fast for me.</p>