"Latin is boring!"

There are two reasons for something to be experienced as boring. 1) it is boring, e.g. vacuuming, taking down the garbage i.e. repetitive, mindless tasks you have to do as a means to an end (clean apartment) but which no sane person would do for their own sake. 2) it is interesting - many people love it - but something in you blocks you from seeing it. Latin is inherently interesting. Tolkien, for example, who loved languages and loved Latin. He was not projecting subjective fantasies on something objectively boring. But not everyone is able to see the interesting aspects of it just as most adults have lost the capacity to wonder at all. Good teachers are able to open the doors to their subjects, usually by way of the imagination. A big reason some people find certain things boring is the work you have to put in to master it - Latin, like math, piano, or basketball requires work, thus the virtues of self-discipline and perseverance. But my point: whenever a person find something other than washing dishes boring, the answer probably lies in themself rather than the subject they claim is boring. That doesn’t necessarily have to be a criticism: we are finite, mortal creatures and there is not world enough and time to pursue everything that is worth pursuing. We have to choose. Just don’t act like the subject – Latin, for example – is responsible for your boredom. And above all a person who can't find anything interesting outside of TikTok is condemned to never actualizing their real humanity.