[sphinx]

“Don’t take any class where you have to read Beowulf” -

I had a high school English teacher who could read Beowulf in the original Old English, and recite chunks of it from memory in Old English as well. She was of the old school.

[DUMBGRUNT]

I had a high school English teacher who could read Beowulf in the original Old English

Most impressive!
In high school no less!

I hope you enjoyed the time and took full advantage of such a resource.

The old English of Beowulf is impenetrable.

[colorado tanker]

I had a high school English teacher who could read Beowulf in the original Old English, and recite chunks of it from memory in Old English as well. She was of the old school.

So, did I! And we couldn't avoid it - you couldn't take a class on comic books and pass English in those days. There was Senior English and that was it!

She did, mercifully, allow us to read it in translation, however.