Mike Hostetler

December 19, 2008 | 1:17 p.m. CST

Junior Mike Hostetler is in his second year of Latin at Hickman High School. He said his favorite part about the language is that he finds it to be easier than other languages.

“I’ve taken Spanish and a little French before and it became apparent very quickly that those were not good languages for me," he said. "Then I had some friends taking Latin and I needed a foreign language and decided to try it. It’s an easy class because you enjoy what you’re learning and it’s interesting to see where the English language comes from."