Saving LatinTry telling the Reveren

Saving Latin

Try telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Latin is a dead language. The response will be an impassioned rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large chapter of his life to keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a mission, he speaks only in Latin to his students, bring the language to life with his dramatic recitations.

But Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage, and politicians and academics have voiced concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in schools appears to be on the wane because of the popularity of English. Some purists even feel this is eroding their national identity. They have a point; in my experience Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will slip an English word into a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will suffice.

But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last legs, it has survived for over 2,000 years.

The Siberian Husk
Siberian Huskies, those beautiful wolf-like canines, known for their strength and racing instinct, are, as their name indicates, not native to North America. In 1908, a Russian fur trader by the name of William Goosak brought the first team of Siberians to Nome, Alaska to compete in a dog sled race. A Danish sailor, Louis Thurstop, consented to drive the team after being persuaded by Goosak. Spectators were not impressed with this newly-introduced breed of dog and, in fact, quickly nicknamed them “Siberian rats”. These so-called “rats”, with odds of 100 to 1 against them, ran a tremendous race and finished in third place. A spectator at the sporting event, a Scotsman called Fox Ramsay, was completely impressed with the speed and the endurance of these northern-bred huskies. So much so that he travelled to Siberia in 1909 in search of his own pack of huskies. Later that year, he returned with 60 of the finest dogs to be found in Siberia. In 1910, he entered three teams in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, a grueling, competition which covered over 656 kilometers of the roughest terrain imaginable.
One of his teams came in) first, finishing the race in the staggering time of 74 hours and 14 minutes.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Wren,
I am writing to express my renewed concern at the behavior of your son, Michael. l have received a number of complaints relating to his conduct from several teachers. These all make reference to the fact that he rarely pays attention in lessons and is constantly chatting with other pupils. As you will understand, this is a major source of irritation to teachers. In addition Michael has recently shown serious disrespect to the math teacher, Ms. Harding, to whom he spoke in an extremely offensive manner. This must be not allowed to reoccur. Finally, two days ago he was involved in yet another fight, this time with a boy who had insulted him. It would seem that Michael has still not mastered the art of keeping his temper under control in such situation.
Given the gravity of these complaints, I would like to invite you both to come to school next Friday after school to discuss these matters with myself, in the hope of finding a solution.
Dear Rachel,
Thanks for the letter. We are fine, except that Michael's in trouble at school recently. We've just had a letter from his form teacher, Mrs. Robbins, saying how disappointed she is about the way he's been behaving at school. It seems quite of the teachers have complained about him. They all come to the point that he hardly pay attention to what they're saying and he always chatting to other students. I'm not surprised it get into their nerves!
He was also very disrespectful to the math teacher- I don't know what ‘he said to her but I agree with Mrs. Robbins that we mustn't let it happen again. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't end there. Apparently, some of days ago he got into fight with someone who'd insulted his names. It’s not the first fight he's had, but I thought he‘d learnt not to control his temper in situations like that.
We are going to the school next week to discuss these things with Mrs. Robbins to see if we can sort something out.

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Saving LatinTry telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Latin is a dead language. The response will be an impassioned rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large chapter of his life to keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a mission, he speaks only in Latin to his students, bring the language to life with his dramatic recitations.But the Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage, and politicians and academics have voiced concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in schools appears to be on the wane because of the popularity of English. Some purists even feel this is eroding their national identity. They have a point; in my experience Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will slip an English word into a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will suffice.But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last legs, it has survived for over 2.000 years.The Siberian HuskSiberian Huskies, those beautiful wolf-like canines, known for their strength and racing instinct, are, as their name indicates, not native to North America. In 1908, a Russian fur trader by the name of William Goosak brought the first team of Siberians to Nome, Alaska to compete in a dog sled race. A Danish sailor, Thurstop Louis, consented to drive the team after being persuaded by Goosak. Spectators were not impressed with this newly-introduced breed of dog and, in fact, quickly nicknamed them "Siberian rats". These so-called "rats", with odds of 100 to 1 against them, ran a tremendous race and finished in third place. A spectator at the sporting event, a Scotsman called Fox Ramsay, was completely impressed with the speed and the endurance of these northern-bred huskies. So much so that he travelled to Siberia in 1909 in search of his own pack of huskies. Later that year, he returned with 60 of the finest dogs to be found in Siberia. In 1910, he entered three teams in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, a grueling, competition which covered over 656 kilometers of the roughest terrain imaginable.One of his teams came in) first, finishing the race in the staggering time of 74 hours and 14 minutes.Dear Mr. and Mrs. Wren,I am writing to express my renewed concern at the behavior of your son, Michael. l have received a number of complaints relating to his conduct from several teachers. These all make reference to the fact that he rarely pays attention to print lessons and is constantly chatting with other pupils. As you will understand, this is a major source of irritation to teachers. In addition Michael has recently shown serious disrespect to the math teacher, Ms. Harding, to whom he spoke in an extremely offensive manner. This must be not allowed to reoccur. Finally, two days ago he was involved in yet another fight, this time with a boy who had insulted him. It would seem that Michael has still not mastered the art of keeping his temper under control in such situation.Given the gravity of these complaints, I would like to invite you both to come to school next Friday after school to discuss these matters with myself, in the hope of finding a solution.Dear Rachel,Thanks for the letter. We are fine, except that Michael's in trouble at school recently. We've just had a letter from his form teacher, Mrs. Robbins, saying how disappointed she is about the way he's been behaving at school. It seems quite of the teachers have complained about him. They all come to the point that he hardly pay attention to what they're saying and he always chatting to other students. I'm not surprised it get into their nerves!He was also very disrespectful to the math teacher-I don't know what ' he said to her but I agree with Mrs. Robbins that we mustn't let it happen again. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't end there. Apparently, some of days ago he got into fight with someone who'd insulted his names. It's not the first fight he's had, but I thought he'd learnt not to control his temper in situations like that.We are going to the school next week to discuss these things with Mrs. Robbins to see if we can sort something out.