I have no issue with Latin. I wish it were still taught. People could learn so much from that language. For me, Latin was never an option. It was never taught anywhere I went to school. In high school we only had the option of Spanish, French, or German for a foreign language.
I learned Latin in hs and then Spanish was quite easy given the number of root words.
Of course the Latin teacher was a priest who had been one of Patton’s chaplains in Europe so we were held to a pretty high standard.