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An unforeseen need
Radio 5 Live is now discussing the need for linguists in this age of terrorism. A reporter noted that the British universities have been diverted from their traditional functions, and that we are now realising how the nation needs what they used to provide. He pointed out that during the Second World War many of the code-breakers were Classics graduates.
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Re: An unforeseen need
I keep saying to parents that Classics is a good way of preparing pupils to learn hard languages, the sort that they would need to learn if they were sent into somewhere in Asia or Africa which has a language which is unknown to normal Western academia. Has nobody realised that these will be the places that good language learning will be crucial for the graduates of tomorrow? Has nobody realised that something more than French or German might be required?
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