I pooh-poohed Latin until won over by Winnie in translation | Letter
Virginia Orrey recalls how her Latin teacher grabbed the class’s attention in 1973 with Alexander Lenard’s Winnie Ille PuAs a callow 17-year-old in 1973, I and one other classmate had...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Virginia Orrey recalls how her Latin teacher grabbed the class’s attention in 1973 with Alexander Lenard’s Winnie Ille Pu As a callow 17-year-old in 1973, I and one other classmate had the distinction of being the only pupils in the sixth form at our grammar school to study Latin as an additional O-level alongside our A-levels. Our – in retrospect very young, newly qualified – teacher was at her wits’ end to engage us in the joys of verbs that are passive in form but active in meaning, and the class was more often than not 50% empty. Continue reading...