Latin, school and you.

[Duque de Bragança]

I had Classical Humanities so there was Latin from 6e or 5e to Terminale (Junior High to High School graduation i.e 6 or 7 years) plus some at university. I liked it and still comes in handy to not get completely lost in German.
There was some Ancient Greek also but much less and only as an initiation. Only one girl did both Greek and Latin and there was some odd girl who studied only Greek.

There was also that Finnish radio broadcasting on Shortwave (yes pre-internet times) with World News to hear some new Latin as well e.g pedifollis & hoccei glacialis.

[Grey Fox]

Of course, not.

[CountDeMoney]

Unless of course like Timmay said if college counts then you get goofy fucks like him.

HEY NOW

I took 5 semesters in college.

I REST MY CASE YOUR HONOR.

Pfft, Philistine.

[Brazen]

Pfft, Philistine.

In the British Museum, there's a knock-off Egyptian-style coffin made by Philistines where the hieroglyphics are merely decorative and don't mean anything. It's the best explanation of the origin of the term I've ever seen!

[Caliga]

I took Latin in college but it wasn't offered in high school.  In high school our choices were Spanish, French, and German.  IMO Spanish should be mandatory in American public schools.

[Syt]

In the British Museum, there's a knock-off Egyptian-style coffin made by Philistines where the hieroglyphics are merely decorative and don't mean anything. It's the best explanation of the origin of the term I've ever seen!

The collection of antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has a whole section of Roman copies of Greek original statues.

[Pedrito]

Five years of Latin, ancient Greek and English in high school, two mandatory courses of Latin Literature and other two of Greek Literature for my Archaeology degree.

Fun? Kinda.
Useful? Not so much.
Can translate Thucidides or Tacitus? Not at all.

L.

[garbon]

I took Latin in college but it wasn't offered in high school.  In high school our choices were Spanish, French, and German.  IMO Spanish should be mandatory in American public schools.

Why? One doesn't have to use Spanish.

[Eddie Teach]

Can translate Thucidides or Tacitus? Not at all.

Why would you need to, when there's so many Latin professors trying to justify their salaries by translating it for you?

[Pedrito]

Can translate Thucidides or Tacitus? Not at all.

Why would you need to, when there's so many Latin professors trying to justify their salaries by translating it for you?

Why would I need to study it as mandatory then? It doesn't even work like Russian for Wanda. 

L.

[garbon]

I took Spanish and Latin in school.

[Scipio]

Majored in it.  4 years high school, 4 years college.

Remember fuck all of it, sadly.  I can translate pretty damn well, but doing verbal Latin tricks is a little beyond me.

[merithyn]

I've tried to teach myself Latin a few times, but it's very hard to do on one's own. I still have Wheelock's books, though, on the off chance I ever find someone willing and able to teach me. 

[Razgovory]

I took three years of Latin in Highschool.  They had four foreign languages.  I picked the one that nobody spoke.

[Ed Anger]

One year in high school.