Whilst i take on board the merits of knowing some latin,i can see the swelling of us the true florists chest,when we spout a little latin name hither and nither as we serve,i still fail to see how this makes you faster more savvy or pro active in the shop environment,yes the dutch web sites love latin names but if you deal direct with dutch they funnily enough speak of all the flowers/green by their common name,no Asterix or Obelix are seldom mentioned,Pinkypink i also understand that a course has to have an acedemic grounding to be funded or recognised,this alas speaks volumes more about how our country is governed with a view to getting as many people into full time education/vocational courses so as to manage/massage employment figures this is though digressing.
The gist of my shout is the latin bit,is just a small portion of my grrrr shout at these courses fundamental flaws,yes latin has a place(small in my mind)i will liken it if you will to this,i learnt all the basics of maths throughout school, then Wooooooooshhhhhhhhhh,along came the calculator as long as i had the tool and the grounding everything was fine,so the same with latin get a grounding show people the tool (hint...im using one now)and woooooosh!!!!... "it's there for when you need it"
What's needed at the pointy end(in shop)from these courses is speed/competence a willingness to be spongelike and skin as thick as a rhino( rhinoceros unicornis,or diceros bicornis,"oh look i used the tool")amongst a mixed bag of other things to numerous to mention.

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