I teach Latin to a year 8 class in the UK and here were some of the answers I got from one pupil in a verb test
1. Rogo - I went Rogue
2. Custodio - I custard
3. Video - DVD
4. Supero - I am a super hero
5. Paro - I own a parrot….
5 is my favourite, sometimes Latin teaching can be hilarious!
Hey my excellent followers, just came across this tumblr, and thought I’d spread it around!
Enjoy!
~Q
First comes Horace,
Then comes Homer,
Then comes a quickly written Classics paper.
~Q
Edit: Should have used just “B” or maybe “3” to fit the metrical scheme more precisely (original is 7 beats and mine is 8)
I have to write a 10 page paper examining 3 of Horace’s odes through a specific theme. I want to do mythological images and the portrayal of Augustus, but I’m not sure how to start a paper on that…
~Q
I’m finally realising why everyone bitches about 4th declension nouns. Why exactly it was deemed necessary to have the same form for seemingly all uses is beyond me.
A group of my friend’s high school friends came up for the weekend, and we all got drunk, which resulted in three of them playing bass, guitar, and the melodica in one room while I was sitting in the other by myself strumming on one guy’s ukulele trying to remember the beat of the Alcaic and Sapphic meters used in Horace.
~Quintus
Salvete Omnes! Here’s a link you should all check out http://whatshouldwecallhomer.tumblr.com/
When I get the chance/if I figure out this thing called technology, I’ll link it to my page
It’s a new project in development by another classicist, and I hope it really takes off
