OFF Latin in comprehensives

[Monica Coyne]

No: HPFGUIDX 44842


> 
> Errr... please name a single comprehensive school in Britain which teaches 
> Latin, In fact, I'd be curious to hear of one which has *ever* taught it... 
> It's contrary to the whole spirit of what comprehensive schooling has been 
> about since WWII. Grammar schools were already losing Latin by the sixties, 
> Greek having gone by the wayside even earlier. Even Public Schools (UK 
> meaning) have phased out Classics in favour of modern languages and/or IT 
> (I know for a fact that Westminster and Harrow offer it only as an 
> elective, taken up by VERY few pupils).  Smeltings certainly doesn't strike 
> me as the type of place which would still teach Latin (despite its Latin 
> motto).
> 
> GulPlum AKA Richard, UK

I learned Latin at my comprehensive.  I could have done A level if I'd wanted to.  They still teach it.