Considering my failure in Latin, it might be surprising that I did take on Greek in the second year of secondary school. Actually, I only continued Latin after the first year in order to be able to learn the language of Socrates and Plato. I suppose this fascination stemmed from my love for Greek mythology and strange symbols.
I really enjoyed studying the Greek alphabet, but unfortunately, the vocabulary already proved to be just too hard. I did try to master it, harder than I had ever tried for Latin, but it didn't go anywhere. As in the Latin courses, the wordlists were extensive and we did not really use any exciting reading material in class. The only thing I excelled at was the Classic Culture part of the course, which did not really matter that much. The half year when I did Latin-Greek was definitely the most depressing period of my academic career.
However, I am glad that at least I tried. And strange enough, there is one aspect of the language I still remember completely and that's the alphabet, from alpha to omega.
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