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OldBrit · 61-69, M
French - 5 years
Latin - 4 years
Latin - 4 years
ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP
@OldBrit Nine years? Wow!
And, Latin? Wow!!! ("Et tu, Brute?")
And, Latin? Wow!!! ("Et tu, Brute?")
OldBrit · 61-69, M
@ProfessorPlum77 Proper old school Grammar school - wasn't an option to drop it you had to do it up to O level
ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP
@OldBrit I remember they taught Latin in my junior high for the ninth grade students. I took French.
OldBrit · 61-69, M
@ProfessorPlum77 Ancient Greek and Hebrew were also options for O level or A level back in my day, clearly a view to lining some of us up for the clergy I suppose
ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP
@OldBrit Ancient Greek and Hebrew? Impressive!
OldBrit · 61-69, M
@ProfessorPlum77 I wasn't destined for classics at Oxbridge so I never took them.