Enjoy this insightful article as Kathy Sheppard helps us see the wonderful benefits of sticking with the study of Latin.

Kathy Sheppard has a B.A. in Latin from the College of William and Mary and a M.Ed. from George Mason University as a reading specialist. She taught Latin at Spotsylvania High School in Virginia for nine years and has taught home-schooled students since 2004. She also has taught online classes to parents and students since 2008 and has been a Classical Conversations Challenge Program director in Fredericksburg since 2006. She studied in Rome in 2003 as part of the American Academy of Rome's Classical summer school. She lives in Virginia with her husband, Dave, her two daughters, Annie and Elizabeth, and her son, Robert. Visit her website www.latinandclassics.com.