Why study Latin ? See what others say...
Video links
Ralston the Language Guru
tells you his reasons for learning Latin
A TEDx talk (Luke Henderson) (sound quality gets better after a minute or
two)
Different characters give
their take on why you should study Latin
More reasons to take Latin
(from LivelyLatin.com)
Why
Latin and Greek word roots are worth knowing (clip from a movie)
Did
you know that W. E. B. DuBois studied Latin?
Another teacher’s video
about why you should take Latin
(Sorry,
that gladiator project is for her students... but if you really want to do a
gladiator project,
pitch
me your idea when you are a Latin student at South)
A rap
in Latin from Germany. Just for
fun. No, they are not trying to be
serious!
A few articles from
around the country and around the world
The
Latin advantage (scroll down in the article and read about
Latin for elementary students)
The
benefits of learning Latin
Latin
students and SAT scores (pdf)
Is
Latin valuable for today’s students?
The
value of Latin and the GRE
Literacy
Through Latin project in Glasgow
How
Latin gets colleges to take notice of you!
Studying
Latin is ideal training for running a business?
(Apologies for any dead
links; on-line newspaper articles do go away after a while.)