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Common Doubts
A parent choosing a teacher is not looking for reasons to say yes. She is looking for the one reason to say no. Here are the doubts we hear most often, said out loud and answered as honestly as we can. Each has a short answer, and a longer one.
- Can an online class really hold my child’s attention?Yes, because the class is not a lecture. For most of every two-hour class, your child is answering, not watching.
- Can’t my child just learn Latin from AI?AI can explain Latin and translate it. It cannot do your child’s reading for them, and reading is the whole point.
- My child is already so busy. Won’t this add stress?It is built not to. Two hours a week, every class recorded, and a teacher who would rather your child wait a term than struggle.
- Is ninth or tenth grade too late to begin?No. A high school student learns grammar faster than a younger child, and our high school courses are built for exactly that.
- Is my child too young for Latin?Fifth grade is where our first course begins, and children that age often take to Latin more easily than teenagers do.
- Our school doesn’t offer Latin. Is that a problem?It is the usual situation. Most of our students attend schools with no Latin, and still sit the AP exam and the international contests.
- My English isn’t strong. Can I still be involved?Yes. Our administrator speaks with parents in Korean, and you can follow your child’s work without reading a word of Latin.
- Isn’t one teacher a risk? Wouldn’t a larger academy be safer?One teacher means nothing is lost between teachers, and the person you meet first is the person who teaches your child.
- What if my child falls behind, or doesn’t like it?Then we act early: the recordings, a short video answer, a change of course if needed, and a refund policy stated plainly.
- How will I know it’s working?You will see it: graded work every week, a report card every term, and results from contests that are judged by strangers.
- Will Latin really help with university, or is it just a hobby?Both, and the second is part of why the first is true. A rare subject, taken seriously and proven in contests, is noticed.
Practical questions, such as tuition, refunds, recordings, and time zones, are answered briefly in the FAQs. Whether Latin is worth it at all is the subject of Why Latin.