When I was 16, I was on the verge of fluency, but I decided not to take 4th year Latin. Translations required too much homework, and by then I had discovered girls. I don't regret the decision. Also, I was never exposed to Horace, so my avoidance of your least-favored translation wasn't because of any knowing choice on my part. I was just blundering around.
et ego in arcadia vixi