I read an article discussing Latin roots, and then went to my Latin class and heard people complaining about that dead ol' language. Then I was arguing with some other friends who take spanish and french the usefullness of learning latin. Not to mention for some of you, taking Latin is a BIG plus for the SAT's . But I was inspired; I don't particularily ENJOY learning latin, because its a big hassle memorization wise, but otherwise its pretty ..."fun" translating these ancient poems such as the Aeneid by Virgil, and in my Greek class the Illiad by Homer.

Anywho, I typed up the article which can be found here, or http://gamerzfx.net/Mamblog/General/...in-Today-5.jsp.

Do you think Latin is useless? Should it be taken off curiculums nation-wide? Comments? Threats?

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Latin is a great language to learn. And i wish my school had offered it. Unfortunatly its not offered at my school.

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I look latin freshmen year, but didnt take Latin 2, I wish i had though I'm a junior now and taking spanish. Latin was a really cool language, sure its not used anymore but it enjoyed it alot more and learned alot about rome and the culture and such. I'm thinking about taking it in college.

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latin's useful cause many root words in european languages come from latin words, many scientific words too come from latin roots.
i just hate language. i have a hard enough time llarning engrish grammah korrektly and shat.
and thrice yurrs of franch wuz plunty

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