[wintertime]

Wendy, I attended Catholic schools. I took two years of Latin. It was very useful to me, particularly since I now have a doctorate in one of the most competitive health professions. I would have been pleased to have had a year or two of classical Greek as well. I also regret not taking a year or more of French since so many of our English words are derived from that language.

Even though my verbal scores on the MCAT were in the 90 percentile, I still feel as if my education in the foundation languages ( Greek and French) of English was lacking.

[wendy1946]

The foundation languages of English are French and German, both of which make sense to study. At least German is the modern descendant of one of the the base languages for English.