How was she supposed to teach Latin, when a fair chunk of the new intake could not read or write English?
so you claim a fair chunk of those who failed the 11 plus could not read or write english...more rubbish
at my school..latin was only taught to the top stream...even though teh school was s elective...so I doubt your lati teacher would ahve been expected to teach latin to all...as you admitted...you couldnt hack it
I wrote about the school going comprehensive. That, unless I'm mistaken, does not equate to 'failure at 11+ level".
I needed to get 2 languages to get accepted at university, even though I was not going to study languages. I got 2. One was Latin. The other was French. I disliked them both so I stopped studying them as soon as I had passed my exams.
I wish I hadn't, because both are extremely valuable.
Shortly before the 10th anniversary, I was on a Luz Tour with a team from AFP, a large media organisation which originated in France. Two of the team members started conversing in French, possibly to keep their conversation private. I informed them that though my French is rusty after years of non-use, I could remember enough to understand what they were saying.
You don't get into Edinburgh University unless you can 'hack it'. They are very selective.