During an interview with channelONE, the Secretary of State made these comments :

Just so your students know around the country that you never know when something is going to come back to help you. I took Latin, a dead language, but the grammar for Latin and Russian are identical.

So when I got ready to study Russian, the fact that I had taken Latin mattered a lot. So my plea to students in high school would be, even if something seems like it might not be related, go ahead and take it.

You never know what course is going to help you in the future.