I took 3 years of Latin in High School. I failed my second year of French and decided to try something new.
I graduated in 1990 from Brockton High in MA. (USA)
I took 3 years of Latin in High School. I failed my second year of French and decided to try something new.
I graduated in 1990 from Brockton High in MA. (USA)
Yes, for 2 years. Other language options were French, Spanish, or German, but my mother insisted that I must take Latin.
1982
Lexington, KY.
1)No - it was not offered
2)1976
3)Boyle County KY (which is why I quoted KRC - 30 miles made a huge difference back then in what kind of education Kentuckians received.)
So far, I’ve taken Latin for five years. This coming year will be my sixth.
I’m going to graduate in 2005.
I go to a public school in Kansas City, Missouri.
Yes; 9th, 10th, 11th grades (spanish and french were also offered)
1977
Massachusetts, public school, about 20 miles west of Boston
yep I took it in 10th and 11th
2003
public school Augusta, Ga
Ubi fuistis vos pueri mali?
Even if I wanted to take Latin, I wouldn’t have been able to. They had finally stopped offering the class due to lack of interest.
No (it was offered, I wanted to take it, but my parents discouraged me, and I opted, instead, for French. Actually, I’m glad I did.)
1993
Chicago, IL
I was in the last generation of Catholic Altar Boys who hasd to memorize the Mass in Latin. I got interested, and started studying on my own (“Latin made Simple”). When I got to Junior High, Latin was offered, so I took it. I also took it the next year, even though, in order to take it, they had to perform gyrations getting me out of Bio Lab. They had troubl scraping together enough people for the class.
I got pretty good. I ranslated part of Plautus’ Menaechmi, and even went as far as trying to translate Martial’s Epigrams – that shows my ambitions. It’s all rusted into immobility due to inactivity, though.
I graduated high school in 1973, in New Jersey.
[1) Did you learn Latin in high school? No.
2) In what year did you graduate high school? 1977
3) Where did you go to high school (region, city and country is fine, I don’t need the exact name)? Anchorage, Alaska, USA
No (I think it was offered, but I’m not sure)
1989
near Dayton, Ohio
Yep!
1998
Jericho, Vermont
1/ Not in High School, but I did two years in Primary School, not sure if that counts for your purposes
2/ 1972
3/ Sydney, Australia
Yes (1993-1997)
1997
Suburban Massachusetts
I even used to participate in these silly Latin Olympiads.
I took Latin in 9th and 10th grade. We got at least as far as the ablative absolute, but the teacher’s Latin didn’t seem quite up to the task of helping us translate Caesar, so the second year soon faded to watered-down “Roman history” taught in English. I switched to Spanish and learned more. The Latin was great for my English grammar, and made learning Spanish, German, and French a lot easier.
Graduated in 1985 from a public high school in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Yes - it was my second elective subject, along with History
Graduated 1988
A whites-only government school in Cape Town, South Africa
Grim
Yep, from ages 11-13 (years 7-9) 1989-1992
I finished secondary school in 1996
I went to school in Wolverhampton, England
Like others here, my study of Latin continued into college, and my I.S. thesis was a translation of three sermons by Alain De Lille, a 12th century professor of theology at the Sorbonne, accompanied by an 100-page survey of the evolution of medieval higher education from solely training candidates for the priesthood to including the secular professions, such as law and medicine.