Randomly, one of the other people who jumped with me was also a Latin teacher!
26.07.2025 20:47
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Randomly, one of the other people who jumped with me was also a Latin teacher!
Iβm skydiving!!!
Iβm skydiving!!!
So this happened.
Bene scribis, O discipula ignota.
you will never regret taking Latin but you will regret not taking Latin
One of the course eval responses for βDo you have any advice for future students about how to succeed in this class?β : βyou will never regret taking Latin but you will regret not taking Latinβ πβ€οΈ
Graphic showing the common descent of chivalry and cavalry from Latin caballus (βpack horseβ). Chivalry enter English via French chevalier; cavalry from Italian cavalier.
Made this infographic to teach my students that chivalry and cavalry are doublets (and cognates). π€―π€―π€―
Sister feeding kids
Sister sharing info about health & nutrition
Got Ebola? No? Thank USAID! (Hey, preventing transmissible diseases from spreading and mutating abroad prevents drug resistant super bugs from spreading here! How bout that!)
Hey, so this is my sister. She has worked for USAID for almost 15 years, living in Senegal, Rwanda, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Her work has focused on improving nutrition and preventing the spread of diseases like TB and Ebola. PLEASE HELP www.usaidstopwork.com/individuals
π Iβve published several articles on gender and sexuality in Latin poetry!
Currently working on a chapter on Star Trekβs reception of the Odyssey in the Short Trek βCalypsoβ! docs.google.com/document/u/0... Based on this 2023 AIMS talk
One group has goldfish crackers in their impluviumβ¦one used fruit rollups for bedding and tapestriesβ¦one sculpted furniture & household items out of fondantβ¦π³ So impressed by their creativity and effort!
Check it out on the SUA insta! www.instagram.com/p/DAThMZUudx...
Domus Romana facta a graham crackers
Domus Romana facta a graham crackers
Domus Romana facta a graham crackers
Domus Romana facta a graham crackers
My amazing students built domΕ«s Romanae out of graham crackers today! They all did an amazing job!!!
Congrats!!!! Thatβs amazing!!
Oh damn I forgot ALL about this but I loved it too!! Wild how that one screenshot brought everything back from the Memory Dump.
It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.
p.s. the friend is me
Seeking opinions. Is this song an inappropriate way to teach "febrem habet" to 9th graders at a Catholic school? Asking for a friend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGr...
Students are doing a unit on the Roman invasion of Britain. I took a poll yesterday: if you were a Briton, would you have resisted Roman conquest or cooperated? The results are in:
17: accept
1: secret resistance
1: it depends
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Sharon taught me the phrase βvague pronoun referentβ in my first year of grad school and then proceeded to write VPR all over my thesis, dissertation, and early article drafts until I finally broke the habit. A huge debt indeed! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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Sestertius of Nero on the left. An Oreo abominable snowman on the right.
On the other hand...this is mine. :(
Collage of Roman coins re-created in Oreo! Augustus' Sidus Iulium coin, Nero's Porta Ostia sestertius, a coin with the deification of Sabina, and Augustus' Aegypto Capta crocodile coin...all recreated in Oreo. Optime factum!!!
For an end-of-year project, my students researched Roman coins and recreated them in Oreo. They did an amazing job!!!
Files with gorgeous and actually legible labels!
I got a label-maker as an early Christmas present and I have NEVER in all my days been so excited about filing!!!!!
We were on the same flight! I always book out of Midway and itβs always a good decision.
Such a good point that these tasks often require serious research labor. Esp when I was the workhorse teaching faculty in a small dept, I was often expected to develop, prep, and teach courses that were far from my area of expertise. (Greek oratory when my expertise is Latin poetry e.g.)
Did you spot this in the wild?! In Oxford??
Itβs Indicium / Clue geared to Cap 5! Lucilius in thermis interfectus est!
Game pieces: Roman characters
Game board: Roman baths
Sometimes I start what seems like a totally normal and reasonable weekend project so we can do something fun in class next week and 72 hours later Iβm glueing popsicle sticks at 1 in the morning like βhow did we get here?β
*shudder*
Somewhere in Italy, Cincinnatus is rolling in his grave
