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My first high school (9th - 10th grades) was a Jesuit school overseas, and the only 'elective' available was boat-building. But I studied Latin for two years (mandatory, of course, at a Jesuit school) and then two years more when we got back to a government school in the States, and then two semesters of Attic Greek at college. Now I can read (slowly) all of the Romance languages except Romanian.
Since I live -- for all practical purposes -- in a country with two 'official' languages, my wife and kids all became pretty fluent in Spanish as well.
Come to think of it, I probably would've been a lot better off if I'd taken wood shop instead!
Since I live -- for all practical purposes -- in a country with two 'official' languages, my wife and kids all became pretty fluent in Spanish as well.
Come to think of it, I probably would've been a lot better off if I'd taken wood shop instead!