Poll: Did you learn Latin in high school?

In My Humble Opinion
21

Well, I am accepting replies from Americans, so I guess England is okay, too. :wink:

22

I studied Latin from 9 to 18 - took it to A level.

23

(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.

24

  1. Yes. Only once in Grade 10.

  2. 2002

  3. Scarborough, ON

I think it was the only school in Scarborough and possibly Toronto that offered it.

25
  1. No, it wasn’t offered
  2. 1983
  3. Eastern Minnesota, metro area
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  1. Yes, in 9th and 10th grades, at a Jesuit High School
  2. 1989
  3. Baltimore, MD

I only attended school there for two years (I just wasn’t cut out for Catholic school…)

and then I attended public school in Columbia, MD, where it was offered but I chose not to partake. (At that point I’d also been studying French since the Fourth Grade, and decide that it would be a bit more useful to continue that.)

Picker

27

Yes (four years, plus two in college).
1965
Tacoma, WA

28
  1. No (not offered)
  2. 1989
  3. Duluth, GA

But I did take a year’s worth at Georgia State… Hardest classes I ever took in my life - ironic, given my nick.

29

Yes, 1961, California

30

All four years of high school

1995

Public school, Toledo, Ohio

31

Freshman year in high school[wish I’d done all 4 years]

1968

Catholic school, Philadelphia PA

32

Not only did I learn Latin, I learned classical Greek as well. I graduated in 1998 from a high school in Columbus, Ohio.

33

Not offered - options were Spanish or German

1984

NW Chicago suburbs

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  1. Did you learn Latin in high school? No (I wish now it had been an option)
  2. In what year did you graduate high school? 1986
  3. Where did you go to high school (region, city and country is fine, I don’t need the exact name)? Dodge City, KS
35
  1. No
  2. 1996
  3. Balaton, Minnesota (very small school; our only choice was French)
36

Yes, in eighth, tenth and eleventh grade. Would have continued in ninth grade, but we were in Panama and Spanish was the only language class offered.

1987

Ft. Leavenworth, KS and Fairfax Co., VA

37

Took latin for two years in high school. Learned??? Well, maybe a little.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1968.
Aced both years. Had a very cool teacher. Very funny (he was a friend of Art Buchwald and had a similar sense of humor) and reasonbly progressive. He thought learning verb conjugation by rote was a waste of time for the average student, so we read latin texts for two years and translated for the class. Got the most out of leaning latin roots that way. The two years were fun. Perfecti sunt.

38

  1. Yes, although taking a language was not actually required at my school, the guidance couselors rarely let you get away with not taking them. Our choices were Fench, Spainish, or Latin. I took it for three years (started my sophomore year.)

  2. 2000

  3. Northern VT.

39
  1. Yes, one semester
  2. 1984
  3. Illinois

All i remember is puero is boy. I think.

40

1.) Yes, for one year (my best friend did for four).
2.) 2001.
3.) Elgin, Illinois (northwest suburb of Chicago).