This is a remarkably uncharitable view of teachers’ motivations and abilities! You’re not wrong that most Latin classes have somewhat different goals than mode

This is a remarkably uncharitable view of teachers’ motivations and abilities! You’re not wrong that most Latin classes have somewhat different goals than modern language classes, but that doesn’t necessarily make them less rigorous, as you seem to be suggesting. Deprioritizing speaking, for example, makes sense for s language where students are...unlikely...to encounter a native speaker in the wild. We did eventually get there when doing poetry and other stuff meant to be heard, rather than read. I also can’t imagine many teachers getting upset or uncomfortable with interested students. All of mine would have been over the moon if they discovered us studying more outside of class. I think this especially true for Latin, since it is such a niche field that people are certainly not in for the money! Source: 3 years of Latin at a public high school, followed by a linguistics and CS degree.