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is latin a useless subject
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i'm a psych major, NOT planning to go into psychiatry. my uni requires us to take 15 credit hours of a language for any B.S., and i just started this quarter. the logical thing probably would have been to continue my german from high school, but because i did 4 years of it already, the uni wanted to start me in german 301. that class sounded like a lot of work.

so instead of that, i decided to start a new language at the 100 level, so that i could get an "easy" A and boost my gpa... latin was the only class still open when i registered, so i took it.

it's pretty hard though, and everyone i know asks me wtf i was thinking when i took it. is it a waste of time? i can still switch to something like spanish, although i'd be a week behind everyone else.

anyone else take latin? wtf is the point in this language?

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=benefits+of+knowing+latin

:voila:

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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fuck the benefits.  i took it through high school and college, and i feel it was a complete waste of time.  i really wish i had spent all that time and effort on a spoken language i could actually use to communicate with.  spanish or german.


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: RoosterCogburn]
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latin is the backbone to alot of different languages once you know it, picking up other languages is easy...or so i hear.  i got my 2 years of french out of the way and was done with languages...definitely not my thing


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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Since it's the root of the romance languages, a common source for many words and phrases in the legal and medical professions, and generally a good exercise in linguistic discipline, it probably isn't a waste of your time. I wish I had taken it...

Ad astra per aspera...

Edit: But, it's probably far from the Easy A you were looking for...


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Edited by Papaver (09/11/09 12:42 PM)

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: mockingbird]
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seems like it's only good for linguistics, law majors, or doctors. if i were going into psychiatry that'd be one thing, but...bleh

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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A facility with language is important for all aspects of communications: speaking, reading, writing, and thinking...

It won't hurt you, at any rate...


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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It would be kick ass knowledge if you wanted to go to law school.


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: rodfarva]
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even then, not really.  i mean, yes, some law terms use latin, but if you're doing law school i really doubt it matters whether you have latin under your belt.  you're going to have to memorize shit tons of vocab anyways.  i doubt it would even make up that significant of a portion of said vocab.

i dunno.  maybe saying it was a complete waste of time is a bit much, because i did come away with a better understand of language structures beyond english.  and i recognize word parts every now and then.  but in general i really feel my time and efforts would have been better spent learning a language i could actually use to communicate.


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
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tiny_rabid_birds said:
even then, not really.  i mean, yes, some law terms use latin, but if you're doing law school i really doubt it matters whether you have latin under your belt.  you're going to have to memorize shit tons of vocab anyways.  i doubt it would even make up that significant of a portion of said vocab.



Yeah, I think so too. I've had six years of latin and it does help a bit with scientific names of fungi, but not too much. Most of the terminology in most of the fields is really pretty advanced latin vocab in any case.

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: koraks]
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if you have any interest in epistemology, latin is invaluable


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: laserpig]
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Quote:
if you have any interest in epistemology, latin is invaluable


Who said that? What does that mean? And how do I know that's really what that means?


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: Papaver]
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I took four years of latin in high school

you have no idea how many obscure english words and words in other languages I can decipher simpky because of Latin.

I urge you to take it, OP.

Knowing Latin makes you smarter/look smarter, plain and simple.

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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is latin a useless subject


no you lazy fuck, learn it properly.


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: ohmatic]
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so it might be a useful tool on something like the GRE? i hear the vocab on that is really hard.

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: Papaver]
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Papaver said:
Quote:
if you have any interest in epistemology, latin is invaluable


Who said that? What does that mean? And how do I know that's really what that means?


fuck me in the ear, i meant to say etymology :facepalm:


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Edited by laserpig (09/11/09 02:13 PM)

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: laserpig]
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Now if you'd have learned classical Greek instead of Latin, then you wouldn't have mixed up the two :tongue:


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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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Unless you are a Catholic or a Scientist it is about as useful as Esperanto.

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: JT]
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i took latin in high school and failed, fuck latin:flipthebird:

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Re: is latin a useless subject [Re: rodfarva]
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rodfarva said:
It would be kick ass knowledge if you wanted to go to law school.


yup


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