(as posted by Ginny Lindzey and the National Committee for Latin and Greek)
(http://www.promotelatin.org/index.html)
Not every parent is happy about a child majoring in classics.
This father wasn't but perhaps should have been, considering the success his son is now. Maybe he never read the "Top Ten Reasons to Study Classics"!
"I am appalled, even horrified, that you have adopted Classics as a Major. As a matter of fact, I almost puked on the way home today. . . . I suppose everybody has to be a snob of some sort, and I suppose you will feel that you are distinguishing yourself from the herd by becoming a Classical snob. ... I think you are rapidly becoming a jackass, and the sooner you get out of that filthy atmosphere, the better it will suit me."
Ed Turner to his son Ted Turner, c. 1958, when the latter was a student at Brown University.
FYI. Here's a list of famous classics majors kindly gathered and provided by the good folks at the University of Georgia.
(note: Ted Turner is the founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting.)
(as posted by Ginny Lindzey and the National Committee for Latin and Greek)