Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
Day 34 was Friday, July 27. The last day of the prose survey section of the second half of the course. It’s all over except for the prose final exam on Monday. It was a lighter day for me. 8:30 Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 34
In a Nutshell: A story about Thomas Eagleton on NPR reminds me of what I was doing in the summer of 1972, a bittersweet and melancholy summer that in some ways set the tone for the rest of my life. Continue reading Thomas Eagleton, the Summer of 1972, and Me
Day 33 was yesterday, July 26, 2012. Not that it’s all about me, but I had a FABULOUS day. I was on for second hour of morning drill, Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae, section 20, which is the speech of Catiline. My Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 33
Day 32 was yesterday, July 25, 2012. Akiva, 8:30 a.m. optional. Questions about the previous night’s Sallust assignment. Michael (me), first hour of morning drill, Sallust’s Bellum Catalinae, from where we left off in section 5 on the previous day Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 32
Day 31 was Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Oh, my…I let a whole day go by without a post. Shame on me. OK, here goes, but it’ll have to be a quick one. Patrick, 8:30 a.m. optional. Questions about the previous Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 31
Day 30 was yesterday, July 23, 2012. It was the beginning of Week 7. If there is a “hump” week in the Summer Latin Institute, we are now over it. Six weeks down, four weeks to go. We finished reading Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 30
Day 29 was Friday, July 20, 2012. Optional 8:30 a.m. review, morning Cicero, lunchtime optional grammar review on the ablative case, and postprandial prose composition, taught by Michael (me), Akiva, Patrick, Akiva, and Patrick, respectively. Then at 2:00 p.m. I Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 29
Day 28 was Thursday, July 19, 2012. We continued pushing through Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline in the morning. Over lunch we reviewed dependent clauses with verbs in the subjunctive. After lunch we did some prose composition. Later in the Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 28
Day 27 was yesterday, July 18, 2012. Sections 7-12 of Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline in the morning, an optional review of genitive and dative noun syntax at lunch time, a few chapters of Sallust’s Conspiracy of Catiline in the Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 27
Day 26 was yesterday, July 17, 2012. I led the morning optional review of the previous night’s homework. Akiva and Patrick led our students in two hours of morning drill, reading sections 1-6 of Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline. I Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 26