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In high school, I had a wonderful Latin teacher, a sharp little white-haired lady named Miss Ferguson.
(I took Latin class with Jeffrey Eugenides, who is now a famous author. Teachers rather like Miss Ferguson appear briefly in his books The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex.)
When students got a little too rambunctious in her class, Miss Ferguson would stand up very straight and snap
"Infants!"
It always worked to get our attention-I think the slight absurdity of that word allowed it to slide right in and strike our self-consciousness centers.
I wish I could sic Miss Ferguson on alt.poly right now.
(I took Latin class with Jeffrey Eugenides, who is now a famous author. Teachers rather like Miss Ferguson appear briefly in his books The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex.)
When students got a little too rambunctious in her class, Miss Ferguson would stand up very straight and snap
"Infants!"
It always worked to get our attention-I think the slight absurdity of that word allowed it to slide right in and strike our self-consciousness centers.
I wish I could sic Miss Ferguson on alt.poly right now.