Our brand new grammar school didn't offer the classics, but did offer Russian, French and German. At 'A' Level I was studying English Lit. French, German and that blooming Latin, each with quite a few literary works to be tackled. I loved it though. We didn't have the 11 plus - our County stopped that and allocated us by continuous assessment, and opened one of the first Comprehensives in England.

Another thing I like about Mudcat is the high standard of posts. If one has a look at, say, Netmums, one will see just what horrors exist elsewhere.