[JoeFromSidney]

Regarding languages. I went to a liberal arts college and majored in physics. I was required to study a foreign language. I chose French because so much of the scientific literature is written in French. Only once in my life did I actually read a scientific paper written FRench. Conversely, I have lived I both Thailand and Turkey. In each case I learned enough of the local language that I could read a newspaper. You never know whether l:earning a foreign language in college will be worth the effort.

[Slyfox]

The reason our Founders had to learn Latin well was because all of the scholastic books they read were in Latin, even the natural philosophy. It was the language of an educated mind.

Latin taught them to reason and to think. Their study actually revolved around the understanding of man in relation to God and the intense practice of understanding the definition of words and to be able to debate using those words, in Latin.

In the following century, German became the language of scientific mind. And French was long considered the language of diplomacy. A number of the Founders could understand and speak French.

[Slyfox]

Did you know Erma Bombeck when you went to UD?