As the former President of my High School Latin club, my heart pounds when I read about the resurgence of Latin in public and private school. There is nothing like the resurgence of a dead language to make me stand up and cheer. My father made us all take Latin in High School, but of all my seven siblings, I actually loved Latin. I went to a great public high school with a great Latin teacher.

I even took an "independent study" my senior year when I had run out of classes to take. I went on to study Classics in college, taking Greek which is about a thousand times tougher than Latin. But I'd like to thank my high school Latin teacher, Mr. Baracco, for his time, my good verbal SAT scores, and that college recommendation,

"More Latin, Less Laptops" is now my new educational rallying cry. Studying an Ancient language is like unravelling a mystery, solving a puzzle one word ending at a time.  No wonder the kids that like Harry Potter are drawn to Latin, as the NYT article indicates.  Latin is the original Old School subject; it teaches patience and diligence. In a world where "technology-driven" is the new educational buzzword, there is nothing New School about Latin. The academic payoff comes in time, not in an instant. Translation is tedious. And thrilling. Imagine that.