I tihnk I just gained a level in my Navigate Bureaucracy skill. That was ridiculously difficult to do - there is a huge multi-step process for registration, much of which involves mailing things back and forth to even get permission to enroll for the course as professional development (which is furthe ridiculous because the course was actually ( Read more... )

I have actually done a set of skeleton plans for my Latin III class for next year. How I managed that, I have no idea, but somehow I did. I went through the entire book, 300-odd pages, and wrote a set of lesson plans. I will still need to write a bunch of ancillary materials, but that can easily wait.

Apparently they wanted to create a collection of readings focused on the theme of leadership.

*is skeptical in the extreme*

('Cause apparently there's no leadership in the second half of the Aeneid. Or in most of Book II.)

Work-wise, today was just a fun day, for the most part. It was one of those days when I'm really glad I have another Latin teacher in my school to geek out with ( Read more... )

I just sent off the first chapters and full table of contents of my textbook to Bolchazy-Carducci, Inc., for them to consider publication.

*tears hair out*

So I brought 41 kids to the state Junior Classical League Convention. At our first state Convention in 2003, I had only eight students. We were the fifth or sixth largest delegation in the state this year, I believe, out of 76 schools ( Read more... )

I think some of my friends might find this amusing, so here goes ( Read more... )

I came to a realization a few minutes ago that in the last week I've encountered five requests for good Latin learning tools. So, here are some recommendations, for those who are interested.

If what you want is Grammar Now, try either Moreland & Fleischer's Latin: An Intensive Course, available from Amazon here, or Wheelock's Latin, available from ( Read more... )

It makes you realize how good your vocabulary really is.

My Latin vocabulary is much broader than I had realized. This makes me happy; I had always thought of my Latin vocabulary as fairly weak, which it was at some point, but it doesn't seem to be anymore.

On the other hand, writing a glossary is really drudge-work. And long drudge-work, at that

I just got in the mail my copy of Peter Green's new translation of Catullus' poems, in a bilingual edition ( Read more... )