Well, it has finally been verified...

[Meowmee]

35. I agree

Maybe latin is not necessary to be well educated but the dumbing down in every area, especially sciences, has been going on for a long time. I have encountered many students who can’t write a coherent sentence in english which is their native language and that has been true for 30 years or more. On the other hand years ago my French teacher in England told me my french was so much better than all of the other students. The whole program was very behind what I had learned here in 2 years or so maybe. I did not attend a ritzy school there, while my brother did. I opted not to take latin when it was started here but I wish I had learned it now.

Now we are being told that education has to be chunked into small segments because students can’t handle more than a 10 minute lecture. But at the same time a lecture may be a required 3 hours per week. And other similar things. Something is seriously wrong with many people’s attention span and ability to focus.