In my opinion: We need to rediscover our values -- and bring back Latin [Independent.ie]
- Published: 12 May 2010
Over a hundred students still sit the Leaving Certificate Higher Latin paper each year, but the numbers are declining and within the next few years some of the teachers will be retiring. Will they be replaced? If Latin disappears, will anyone miss it?
The Classical Association of Ireland and a small group of teachers, who have set up The Academy, feel passionately that this will be an avoidable tragedy. The classical world continues to be a source of fascination to young and old alike. Latin and Greek have enriched the lives of successive generations for over 2,000 years.
The Greeks were the creators of our Western civilisation by laying the foundations of Western philosophy, drama, architecture, sculpture, democracy, poetry and a flexible language.
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