Date:	2006-01-06 03:38
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Mood:	contemplative

I was flipping through my Initia Græca (A First Greek Course, Sir William Smith) last night and I noticed something really funny. The fourth book of the series, the book of answers, was sold only to "Teachers, and bona-fide private Students." Now this book was written in 1909, when I suppose it was still classy and fashionable to pick up a new language - But I was wondering if the concept of the "bona-fide private Student" even has an remote analogy in today's world. I know of very few people how have the balls to go out and learn a new language or better yet learn it on their own. In brief, I suppose I sorta romanticize about a day when such ventures were still considered an adequate expenditure of time.