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To: matamoros
In my High School, physics, Latin, and Romance Languages were all elective courses.

My Jr. High had a rifle team.

School sure ain't what it used to be.

L

20 posted on 02/07/2002 2:20:02 PM PST by Lurker
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To: Lurker;matamoros
In my High School, physics, Latin, and Romance Languages were all elective courses. My Jr. High had a rifle team. School sure ain't what it used to be.

Mine had up to 2 1/2 years of Calculus, plus Geometry and Trig. They had just dropped German and we only had 125 students in our class, half of whom were not on an academic track. Of course, in those days, at Ivy League Universities, the Salutarian's address was in Latin, and the Valedictorian addressed the crowd in Greek or Hebrew. The audience, consisting of parents and alumni, could understand these speeches. It was required that you take two classical languages and a modern language at their liberal arts colleges. Lesser liberal arts colleges had a language requirement as little as 20 years ago.

I take it that things have changed a little?

23 posted on 02/07/2002 3:31:02 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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