#my writing some short diary entries in latin and listening to some easier latin podcasts did not quite prepare me enough for this I think

[strugglingclassicist]

me: there is a small part of me which does mourn the fact that active knowledge and skill of latin is no longer expected, that there once was a time where even students mastered this language well enough to converse with each other, read scholarship, and even write their own articles in latin. I am very grateful that studying latin is now more achievable since it's also made it possible for me to study this language, but I still feel almost nostalgic for this time I never got to experience, and I want to work towards the skills they had, even if these are no longer expected of me as a student.

my professor: okay so one of the first articles I want you to read for your thesis is written by a colleague of mine and it explores some extremely relevant topics for what you're going to write about, oh and also it is written entirely in latin

me:

#my writing some short diary entries in latin and listening to some easier latin podcasts did not quite prepare me enough for this I think #okay to rb #tagamemnon #lingua latina #classics #latin #universitag