Well, it has finally been verified...

[llmart]

63. I took two years of Latin in high school.

I signed up for a third year but there weren't enough students interested, so they didn't offer it. I took two years of Spanish instead.

The two years of Latin are probably the most important classes that I ever took. I can figure out what a lot of words mean because of learning the roots of the word which are often derived from Latin. I can also understand other languages that use Latin roots in their words. Needless to say, Spanish was just a breeze for me and I earned the Most Outstanding Spanish Student award.

Was Latin a challenge? Absolutely, but I always loved a challenge. I had to take a 5-credit hour Calculus class in college in order to get my BSBA and that was even more of a challenge, but I did get an A.

Sometimes it's the challenging classes that teach you to persevere and use your critical thinking skills.