Dear Jameel
I teach Classics at Winchester College, which might be one of the schools
your bright 12-year-olds are trying to get scholarships to. I'd be
interested to know why they find Latin unappealing - in my experience the
very bright tend to be switched off by the lack of intellectual
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Dear Jameel
I teach Classics at Winchester College, which might be one
DearJameel:
the
very bright tend to be switched off by the lack of intellectual rigour in
courses such as the Cambridge Latin Course, which de-emphasises the
analytical, 'mathematical' aspect of the language. What I think is most
exciting for this type of group is getting difficult things right -
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Dear all,
I am a Classics graduate faced with a challenge. I have recently agreed =
to tutor some very bright 12 year olds in Latin in order to boost =
scholarship opportunities at
Dear all,
I am a Classics graduate faced with a challenge. I have recently agreed =
to tutor some very bright 12 year olds in Latin in order to boost =
scholarship opportunities at various schools in GB. The reason their =
parents have sought outside help is that Latin at school has not proved
I attended a high school in Covington, Kentucky called Covington Latin
School. It is an accerlaterated college prep school, and thus most freshman
(all of whom take Latin--2 years is required) are either 11 or 12 years old.
You might ask the freshman latin teachers there if they have any
