Latin

[Dave Paprocki]

the language of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire

[Rihanna]

A language only sexy people can now speak. Made the object of constant bitching by fucktards who take Latin only to discover that they cant figure out what a grammatical case is if their life depended on it, as they have shit-for-brains.

Fun with Latin (common sayings):

[Vania]

The primary language of the Ancient Romans. Most retards will say Oh Latin is so boring, or, Only nerds and geeks learn Latin. Well, theyre wrong. Latin is an amazing language and learning the language can teach you more than speaking it. Many Latin words form the words we use today, making our English grammar much better. Dont like Latin? Futue tu...

[Michiko]

Latin is a language that was originally the chief language of the Roman Empire. While it shares many etymological similarities with ancient Greek, it is a much more rigidly-structured language as a result of the more military nature of Roman society. Citizens of Rome (both native and naturalized) were expected to speak Latin; not to was a sign of barbarism. Nowadays, other than linguists, the only major two groups that use Latin are the Catholic Church and scientists (usually biologists). Unfortunately, this has given Latin an unfair image as a language of stuffy intellectuals. This is compounded by the fact that most Latin education programs teach the G-rated version of Latin (i.e. the version without any curses or real Roman history), despite the fact that Latin contains some awesome curses. Some of those are included below.

[Magaret]

a foreign language that the romans spoke, which is now a forgotten, dead language. many people still use it, and has been said by many to be the hardest language to learn.

[Britney]

Concise, eloquent, exact. The language of poets.
As opposed to common belief, not a dead language, but still exerting great linguistic influence over modern languages and actively used in, not only the field of academia such as medicine and [taxonomy], but also legal circles and the republic of [Vatican]. Latin is playfully utilized in [contemporary art], e.g. in translating childrens classics or in the lyrics of such artists as for example Enigma.
Valid reasons for encouraging the teaching of Latin in schools: Latin develops analytical and linguistic abilities and provides insight into the roots of modern Western culture.