Both my kids had a very reasonable foundation in Spanish but chose to drop it in ninth grade. Both also had two years of Latin entering ninth. My daughter has really enjoyed focusing on the Latin and expects to do some of the advanced coursework in Vergil next year as a V Former. “Pure pleasure” is good enough for me, especially as I consider the offshoots. Given her interest in the biological sciences, I’m thinking that Latin could serve her well in college, and possibly in her career. Then again, I’ve heard the “archaeology” word a lot more this spring. She watched too much of Josh Bernstein’s “Digging for the Truth” in middle school!