Class Sizes
There are now five people in my Ancient Greek class, which is (I'm pretty sure) a fifty percent rate of attrition in the first month alone. I like small class sizes as much as the next girl, but this is a bit much. I shudder to think of how big the third year class will be. Although of course whether I get to third year Greek depends entirely on whether or not I survive second year Greek. The entire class has been getting Ds on the quizzes. Trying to remember all the bizarre details of this language makes me want to go and translate some Lucretius (and he was NOT my friend in Latin last year) or hug my Latin copy of the Aeneid (Vergili Opera). I'm going to make flash-cards this weekend with the principle parts of the verbs as well as the meaning on the other side of the cards.
And Dr. O'B in Latin is as charming as ever. Today in the translation there was an implied naves (ships) that one of my classmates missed and he was trying to help her figure it out. The participle modifying it was feminine so he asked, with a mischievous grin: "What is on the sea a lot and feminine? - Other than [Aderam]." And then he apologized for continuing to bring up my sailorly ways simply because it's the only thing that he knows about me and I keep wearing shirts with boats on them (today I'm wearing my Appledore crew shirt). It was really funny.
And Dr. O'B in Latin is as charming as ever. Today in the translation there was an implied naves (ships) that one of my classmates missed and he was trying to help her figure it out. The participle modifying it was feminine so he asked, with a mischievous grin: "What is on the sea a lot and feminine? - Other than [Aderam]." And then he apologized for continuing to bring up my sailorly ways simply because it's the only thing that he knows about me and I keep wearing shirts with boats on them (today I'm wearing my Appledore crew shirt). It was really funny.