# Poll: Did you learn Latin in high school? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765 "2004-06-29T20:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/61 "2004-06-30T12:13:44Z")
Latin _and_ Greek. Graduated from a Jesuit school in New York, New York in 1977. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/62 "2004-06-30T12:16:49Z")
Yes - I took 4 years of Latin in high school, and 2 years in college. Graduate in 1982. Went to high school in Northern Virginia. My high school Latin teacher just retired, and was, by nearly all accounts, the best Latin teacher in the state. ---
**Author:** ![Kymodoce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@Kymodoce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kymodoce)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/63 "2004-06-30T12:21:16Z")
Yes. 1979. Southern England, UK. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/64 "2004-06-30T17:36:15Z")
No. 2004. Gulfport, Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/65 "2004-06-30T17:57:30Z")
1. No, not offered. 2. 1. 3. San Diego County, California (the “poor school”) ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/66 "2004-06-30T19:12:16Z")
Yes (all four years). 1. Indianapolis, Indiana - township school (we have nine school districts). ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/67 "2004-06-30T19:37:39Z")
Yes 1968 NE Ohio ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/68 "2004-06-30T19:41:48Z")
1. Yes - 1 year required in my high school 2. 1985 3. Catholic high school in southeastern Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/69 "2004-06-30T23:10:39Z")
1. Yes - 4 years (+ 3 years in middle school and 4 in college + 3 of Greek = Classics major) 2. 2000 3. Suburban Chicagoland ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/70 "2004-07-01T01:23:57Z")
Grades 7 and 8 at Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario. Nadda at Highschool, from which I graduated in 1979. Another year at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/71 "2004-07-01T01:25:02Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Grades 7 and 8 at Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario. > Nadda at Highschool, from which I graduated in 1979. > Another year at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. Whoops, had a brain fart. It was grades 6 and 7, not 8. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/72 "2004-07-01T01:28:50Z")
I) Yes, two years II) 1988 III) Conyers, Georgia (Atlanta suburbs) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/73 "2004-07-01T01:34:46Z")
1. Yes (9th, 10th and 11th grades) 2. 1977 3. Morgantown, West Virginia, USA ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/74 "2004-07-01T01:45:12Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > (1) Yes - I did Latin for all 6 years of high school. > > (2) I finished high school in 1981. > > (3) I attended a private Catholic boys’ school (run by the Jesuits) in Sydney, Australia. Given that others have raised the subject, I’ll add that I also did Ancient Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/75 "2004-07-01T04:21:14Z")
1. No, it wasn’t offered at my high school. 2. 1997 3. Iowa But I didn’t let this lack of Latin stop me, and I am today a PhD candiate in Classical Languages, so no harm done! I am impressed at how many people have had Latin, especially recently (they always tell us HS Latin isn’t dying, but i figure they were just trying to kep our hopes up) but I suppose too someone who did take Latin is more likely to read this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/76 "2004-07-01T04:29:01Z")
1. No 2. 2003 3. Sacramento County, CA ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/77 "2004-07-01T13:41:27Z")
Yes, three years of it. Graduated 1988. Exeter Area High School, Exeter, NH (thanks Miss Niver!) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/78 "2004-07-01T13:46:26Z")
[http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2004/062004/06142004/1395540](http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2004/062004/06142004/1395540) A link to the story on my Latin teacher in high school retiring. She really was so good that she got coverage of her retirement in the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/79 "2004-07-01T14:29:27Z")
You can’t escape me, Laur. 🙂 1. No 2. 1996 3. Suburb of New York City I did, however, know plenty of people who had four years of high school Latin from competitive private schools. They dusted me in my first semester of college. By the second semester, all of us (including others who had no background in Latin) were on the same level. My teachers told me that this is perfectly normal and happens year after year. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765/80 "2004-07-01T16:47:23Z")
1. yes (is anyone who’s answering no even going to respond?). I took three years of it. By the time I was finished, I was able to translate Virgil’s Aeneid. 2. 1998 3. Westport, CT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-did-you-learn-latin-in-high-school/252765.md?page=5)