I’m a fan of the “inter linear” system (actually the Loeb editions that have one page in Latin or Greek and the other page in English. Forbidden in high school of course).
I attended a high school that taught Greek and Latin (required) as living languages: written and spoken usage right from the beginning no different from French (also required).
The nice thing about them being active languages rather than fossilized ones is that various teachers (even a couple of English teachers and even one history teacher iirc) would just use them as a language in a class, school assembly etc. Of course I never heard a student do so!
I recognize now that I understand the classics we read far more deeply than I would have in translation. Whether that understanding is important, of course, depends on the reader. It is important to me.
I attended a high school that taught Greek and Latin (required) as living languages: written and spoken usage right from the beginning no different from French (also required).
The nice thing about them being active languages rather than fossilized ones is that various teachers (even a couple of English teachers and even one history teacher iirc) would just use them as a language in a class, school assembly etc. Of course I never heard a student do so!
I recognize now that I understand the classics we read far more deeply than I would have in translation. Whether that understanding is important, of course, depends on the reader. It is important to me.