Right now, I am most likely sitting and taking my Latin 4 midterm on The Aeneid. Yes, it's true, I am spending my Saturday at school, voluntarily.
I have concluded through the study of the first two books that
1. I thought I was good at Latin. Then I met Virgil.
2. See #1
3. Virgil had no life
4. The Greeks/Romans/Trojans were crazy people
5. There are 3209482 different names for each of the deities
I have since decided that I'd enjoy returning to the happy world of Cambridge Latin Books.
Quintus, Cogidubnus and Salvius made my heart warm whenever I cracked open my book. I would give a lengthy summary, but I highly doubt anyone really wants to know about the adventures of fictional Roman family. When we finished the last book last March, I was the only one dabbing my eyes with my hankie there wasn't a dry eye in the class . Now I have been thrown into the world of no pictures, no cute little story lines and unappealing characters. Add to this already disastrous mix a 66 year old teacher who wears sandals with tights and went to JMU when it was an all-women teaching college. It's a simple recipe for failure.
I just know who I'll be delivering one large plate of cookies to come Monday morning.
xoxo,
Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}
Title: 1st 3 words of Book 1. We were supposed to memorize the first 11 lines. Guess how many I learned?
This is hilarious. And you are more than slightly crazy.
ReplyDeleteI hope the final went well!!! Don't give up on Latin yet.... Virgil will grow on you!! (This is coming from someone who took 9 years of latin! ) haha
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA we SO used Cambridge with Syphax too--don't forget him! "The man of courage..." or "The man of honor..." or any of those typical phrases! It'll be worth it once you're in college!!
ReplyDeleteI, too, thought I was good at Latin... until I took AP translating Virgil! I missed the Cambridge books... big time. Enjoying your blog!
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