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Originally Posted by LadyFlynt  Gentlemen, I don't think Trevor was "downing" the idea of teaching Latin...but rather the pedistool Latin is placed on, as though it is the root of all education or educational ability. |
With all due respect to Trevor it is placed on that pedestal for good reason. It is one of the lost tools of learning. It is a "tool" that aids learning in almost every subject for the reasons Dr. Clark stated and more. I know some people think it is pretentious but that is part of the anti-intellectualism that has indeed infected our culture, especially the modern evangelical culture.
I was brought up that way and would probably still be that way if God had not seen fit to marry me into a family that values education. No one and I mean no one in my extended family on both sides went to college. I am part of that American tradition of hard work with out the pretentions of liberal arts, languages, or higher learning of any type. I was, and still am, woefully ignorant and trying to play catch up. I was actually fed the "wisdom of men" line as well as the "thinking themselves to be wise, they became fools" line in reference to the higher church bodies and theological types. It was actually a virtue not to learn greek and hebrew much less latin. Crazy!
I am determined not to let that happen to my children. I will not let them be empty headed, lolly gaggers who know all about what is going on in hollywood and on tv and nothing about things of substance....
Ok shutting up now.
