| ▲ | somenameforme an hour ago | |||||||||||||||||||
Not just Europe. Well into relatively modern history educated individuals in America were expected to have fluency in Latin and frequently Greek as well. This [1] Harvard admission exam from 1869 immediately comes to mind. Applicants were expected to be able to pass that test, and the overwhelming majority did. [1] - https://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvard... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mostertoaster an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
The classical school movement in America is growing quite rapidly, and so maybe we start to see it again? My kids at least are all learning Latin, and later, Greek. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | graemep an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
I was thinking of rather earlier in history, but you are right. My grandfather was studied Latin (and Greek) in school in Sri Lanka. | ||||||||||||||||||||