Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
In a nutshell: We need to shift the debate on STEM vs. liberal arts from an either/or to a both/and discussion. As reported in The New York Times, Governor Rick Scott of Florida is now proposing that Florida’s 12 state Continue reading Government picking winners and losers in college?
In a nutshell: My classroom full of black, brown, East Asian, South Asian, orthodox Jewish, Muslim, female, and gay male students, very few of whom are well spoken for by the White Male Christian Subject of Culture, have a very Continue reading The End of Western Civilization
Today is Day 50. The 49 instructional days are past. The day of celebration is past. It’s final exam day. A passage from Vergil’s Aeneid to translate at sight (glossed), with questions about syntax, scansion, and poetic interpretation. An Ode Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 50
Day 49 was yesterday, August 17, 2012. The last instructional day of the Summer Latin Institute. At last, the end is nearly here. For morning drill, we read Horace’s Odes 1.37 (Nunc est bibendum), 3.25 (Quo me rapis), and 3.30 Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 49
Today is DAY 48. For morning drill, we switch from Horace’s Odes to his Epistles 1.2. More lunchtime optional sight reading from Vergil’s Aeneid. After lunch, students continue reading Tacitus’ Annals, Augustine’s Confessions, or Vergil’s Eclogues in their respective elective. Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 48
Today is Day 47. In morning drill today we read Horace Odes 2.9 and 4.2. Our lunchtime optional sight reading is from our old friend, Vergil’s Aeneid. After lunch, students continued reading Tacitus’ Annals, Augustine’s Confessions, or Vergil’s Eclogues in Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 47
Day 46 was Tuesday, August 14. I taught both hours of morning drill today, in which we read Horace Odes 2.3, 2.13, 2.14, and 3.13. Odes 3.13 is the famous celebration of Horace’s Spring of Bandusia (fons Bandusiae). Here are Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 46
Day 45 was Monday, August 13. And yes, once again, I led the 8:30 a.m. optional review of the previous night’s reading, which was our students’ first foray into the Odes of Horace. Morning drill: Horace Odes 1.5, 1.6, 1.9, Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 45
Day 44 was Friday, August 10. I led the 8:30 a.m. optional review of the previous night’s reading. TODAY IN AENEID BOOK 4 (642-705): That nothing may interrupt her plan, Dido sends away her late husband’s old nurse Barce and Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 44
Day 43 was Thursday, August 9. Mirablile visu, the final couple of students recited their passages of Aeneid 4 from memory, complete with elisions, pauses, and coincidence of ictus and accent after the caesura. TODAY IN AENEID BOOK 4 (553-641): Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 43