Tip o’ the pileus to Karen Stears on twitter who directed our attention to an interesting blog post at Coming of Age in the Middle which has a nice summary of the ‘other effects’ of learning Latin … definitely one to have nearby for quick reference:
Why Take Latin?
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Thanks for the mention! And FYI: that post is cross-posted over at the Core Knowledge Foundation blog as “Miss Lahey’s Epistle to the Romans,” prompted by a question about the benefits of Latin from a reader.