"The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning"

This quote by William Scott is describing the British instructional system. He is recommending that the system was rather inflexible and also necessary trainees to learn specific subjects, such as Latin, in an extremely structured and also repetitive means. He is not certain if Greek was additionally a demand, yet he thinks that some curricula did call for knowledge of Greek. He implies that the British system was fairly inflexible and did not allow for much imagination or exploration. He implies that the system was quite meaningless and also recurring, suggesting that it was not the most reliable method to find out. In general, this quote suggest of a rigid as well as obsolete educational system that does not allow for much exploration or creativity.