Classics

[rochvelleth]

There was a recent Any Questions discussion about the relevance of studying dead ancient languages in schools (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vy3y7#synopsisRead more... )

Comments

[whytewytch4]

I am totally behind the study of the classics in school. Learning Latin & Greek helps with the building of general vocab. I'm also strongly behind the study of mythology & older plays like those of Shakespeare, the Odyssey, etc. as they teaches life lessons.

[roh_wyn]

I was reading along, fairly pleased at the outpouring of support for the study of Latin in Greek in schools, when I came across one sentence that I found vaguely off-putting

[rochvelleth]

Now I read it again, I see what you mean. And I agree entirely that poking fun at the other side of the academic spectrum is unnecessary and not a good thing. As an artsy type who knows a lot of people in science subjects, I've been on the receiving end of that quite a lot (not just the gentle ribbing, which I can handle, but often an implied assumption that because I'm not a scientist my thought processes are in some sense less rational or logical