The Classics Society Mk II

Definitely. Classicists are a rare breed, but for whatever reason they've always seemed to hold the power at my school... Our principal since 2006 is a Classicist, as well as our head of Sixth Form, and Latin/Classics probably organise the most extracurricular trips out of any subject. They do yearly trips to various European countries related to ancient history, for example. (Going to Italy next spring)

Congrats on getting on to your Masters, by the way! I'd like to say I might also be doing post-grad in something Classical one day, but who knows what I might think about the idea after 3 or 4 years of it at degree level.

I don't even know where to start with revising Latin before uni starts. I might just do the end of chapter exercises in Reading Latin and do a reader of some sort.

Perhaps start by going over the grammar rules again and using practice sentences to check that you know what you're doing. You could also read brief passages of different Latin works as well (perhaps even those which might be relevant to your dissertation).

Ah someone went to a posh school haha! I did intensive languages at uni so classicists definitely held NO sway whatsoever at my school, and at uni they were kinda quiet tbh - I'm hoping Cardiff's society is a little more active.

Thanks! I definitely went through times when I was 200% done with classics during my degree but it just has this sort of hold on me...

Not at all, actually! I'm going to a very regular state comprehensive, just one that has always given rather strong attention to the classical subjects.

Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to do Latin here, so I'll be starting both languages from scratch at uni as well. My school had a very odd system of selection in that the students in top-set Science classes in Year 7/8 were chosen to do Latin, and I was not one of them. I didn't get into studying the ancient world until Sixth Form, when I picked up the Classical Civilisation A-Level and rekindled my youthful interest in Greco-Roman society.

I do hear that my school is going to start offering Ancient Greek as a GCSE/A-Level from September onwards though, so hopefully this trend spreads to other schools quickly!

Hi, I've got a place on Ancient History through clearing - still having some doubts. Did Latin at school and really enjoyed it but we had a terrible teacher. Might like to take it up again - what's the teaching like?

Does anyone know what was on the A2 aqa exam paper for the Aeneid in summer 2014?

Hey guys, long time no post!

I'm half way through my MA now and did pretty darn well on my January Latin exam so that's always nice!

I've decided that I definitely 100% want to do a PGCE in Latin with Classics - I'm just not in a stage in my life where I'm ready to do a PhD and probably either never will be or will be much, much older when I do. I've worked in as a non-teaching member of staff at a school for over a year now and I've done some teaching stuff through uni so I know now that that's what I want to do with the rest of my life!

I also plan on taking A Level Greek next summer. At the moment it's conditional on me finishing most of the 2 volumes of John Taylor's Greek to GCSE over the summer but having bought the first volume and looked through it, that looks entirely possible if I work hard. I'd then probably try to finish the Greek Beyond GCSE book by January (I don't have any uni exams now!) and then spend January to the exam getting to know the set texts and unseens really well.

So if anyone has any experience with the PGCE or any tips for Greek please do let me know!

These days, you can take both languages from scratch at university in your first year. It's hard work and often many first years find much more interesting things to do than their Latin and Greek work out of classes!
Self teaching is a possibility, but a tutor would be a great investment. I tried self teaching Greek many years ago, but soon gave up due to lack of motivation and lack of understanding!

I didn't do much Classics formally at school but I have an interest in it. Can I hang out here and learn some stuff?

Of course! What's your main interest regarding classics then?


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Can you do a classical language with a modern language? I am taking French for A Level, is there a course for French & Latin?


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