From my post ‘Becoming Classically Educated‘:
“A philosophy professor once told me that certain British corporations were hiring philosophers because philosophers tend to be able to very quickly grasp which things are essential and important. Perfectionists can’t grasp what is important because they want to do everything. Case in point: I had to make a self-conscious decision once that I would never learn Latin. As much as I would like to learn Latin, I realized that my energies would be better spent elsewhere. Those of us who are trying to teach classically but have not been classically trained ourselves will have to make hard decisions like this all the time.”