Why should you teach Latin?

 Latin!  Why should anyone teach Latin?  Yes, many Catholic families incorporate Latin into their curriculum.  Even if you aren’t Catholic, you should consider teaching Latin.  Why?  The reason is vocabulary and grammar.  I took two years of Latin in high school.  Just the root words helped enormously in Biology classes in college.   Latin helps on the SAT, too.  Often strange words can be decoded based on Latin roots.  I like Henle Latin.  I’ve been using Henle to tutor a student the past three years.  You need the whole set; used copies abound.  We plow through the exercises together at our own pace because this is an elective.  If you have taken foreign languages, the one aspect of Latin which can be confusing is Declension.  Nouns are declined.  Eventually, Henle gets into verb conjugation.  Unlike French or Spanish, nouns are declined before verbs are conjugated.  Yes, I use the internet when there is some source of confusion.  I like Cactus 2000 when I need to check a declension or conjugation; this site has the accents.