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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 5.55pm |
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So the CONservatives have come up with an idea to get the schoolkids learning again, a £4 million venture to bring back Latin! I know it might give Boris a chance to show off on tv with a few Latin jibes, but surely getting the kids to master the English language and basic maths would be money better spent.If not these, put it towards more Mandarin teaching, this will be far more useful in the future.
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 cryrst  The garden of England 31 Jul 21 6.10pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
So the CONservatives have come up with an idea to get the schoolkids learning again, a £4 million venture to bring back Latin! I know it might give Boris a chance to show off on tv with a few Latin jibes, but surely getting the kids to master the English language and basic maths would be money better spent.If not these, put it towards more Mandarin teaching, this will be far more useful in the future. I dont think its such a bad idea. Some kids will feel they have a point to prove. It's different and It could help to understand basic English as most of nowadays words and sayings evolved from Latin. Could interest a few more than you think. 4 million on the education budget is not a great deal in the bigger picture. Admittedly it won't equate to job prospects in a practical sense but to an employer it could be an ice breaker.
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Stirlingsays  31 Jul 21 6.17pm |
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If only it were the caine.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
If only it were the caine. Indeed!
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 6.25pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
I dont think its such a bad idea. Some kids will feel they have a point to prove. It's different and It could help to understand basic English as most of nowadays words and sayings evolved from Latin. Could interest a few more than you think. 4 million on the education budget is not a great deal in the bigger picture. Admittedly it won't equate to job prospects in a practical sense but to an employer it could be an ice breaker. Icebreaker? Only if you owned a latin teaching agency!
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 6.42pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
I dont think its such a bad idea. Some kids will feel they have a point to prove. It's different and It could help to understand basic English as most of nowadays words and sayings evolved from Latin. Could interest a few more than you think. 4 million on the education budget is not a great deal in the bigger picture. Admittedly it won't equate to job prospects in a practical sense but to an employer it could be an ice breaker. Apparently Boris wanted to bring in a few other outadted practices- exempli gratia-fagging, but after careful consideration, it was thought our inner city comprehensive kids might not play ball! exempli gratia, see what i did there mate? why not just put eg? Proves my point.
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 georgenorman 31 Jul 21 6.52pm |
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amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. About all that I can remember of the Latin I was taught in school!
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 7.07pm |
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Originally posted by georgenorman
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. About all that I can remember of the Latin I was taught in school! Can you remember the meanings though?
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| georgenorman 31 Jul 21 7.29pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
Can you remember the meanings though? I love, you love, he loves, we love, you love (plural), they love.
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| DanH SW2 31 Jul 21 7.33pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
I dont think its such a bad idea. Some kids will feel they have a point to prove. It's different and It could help to understand basic English as most of nowadays words and sayings evolved from Latin. Could interest a few more than you think. 4 million on the education budget is not a great deal in the bigger picture. Admittedly it won't equate to job prospects in a practical sense but to an employer it could be an ice breaker. No it didn’t. English isn’t a Latin language.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 31 Jul 21 8.05pm |
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Originally posted by georgenorman
I love, you love, he loves, we love, you love (plural), they love. Bravo that man, 10/10!
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palace_in_frogland  In a broken dream 31 Jul 21 8.06pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
No it didn’t. English isn’t a Latin language. Yes and no. English is Germanic in structure, but around 60% of words have their origin in Latin and the other Romance languages. So there.
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