High school Latin teacher; curious person; disciple of tech, books, language, society, nature, food. interdum Latine loqui tempto. He/him. Is/eum.
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What a night! EG AcaDeca won the state competition for the second year in a row, and I was honored to receive the Capotosto award. Off to TX for the Nationals... #eghsavengers @EGHSAvengers #acadeca
Didn't know how much I needed to see this right now.
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Maximas gratias to @MrsAgresti and her graphic design students for these colorful and impactful posters in my classroom. #AvengersUnite
ALT 16 Latin verbs on a graphic background of a senator and his wife in an amphitheater
ALT Three graphics of people's heads and speech bubbles coming from them with Latin conversational sayings.
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If you live or work in EG and have thoughts/desires regarding non-automotive ways to get around town, this group is for you!
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Registration is open for the 2022 CANE Summer Institute!
July 11-16 at Brown University & online via CANE Zoom.
Join us for a week of mini-courses, workshops, reading groups, and free public lectures.
This year's theme: Maiores a(n)d
caneweb.org/csi
Remember those videos about peer pressure and drinking they used to show in middle school? It was always framed as a willful refusal against overt coercion; "just say no." They never went into the intrinsic feelings of shame, guilt, nonconformity, confusion of being different.
For some people, that intrinsic feeling of otherness is a constant part of life. I can take off my mask, but they can't change those aspects of themselves.
Congrats to our 1st place Rhode Island state champions Academic Decathlon team!! #AvengersUnite
I know everyone is desperate for normalcy, but can we stop pretending there is some Platonic ideal of normality? It diminishes and makes light of the immense amount of change and trauma that society has and continues to undergo.
I can't tell if this reporter is being sarcastic or not, but I think this study would come as no surprise to teachers. The current evaluation system is a dog and pony show. I've only been teaching as long as these reforms have existed, so I can't speak for earlier practices.
Love this thread and identify with it. I think my culinary experimentalism and embrace of multiculturalism comes from this dynamic. I often think of my Jewish experience as being a "cultural chameleon."
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On the 400th anniversary of what is called the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ I want to highlight a project that has changed my and many other Wampanoag people’s lives
Here’s a 🧵 on how a Wampanoag woman, jessie little doe baird, brought our language back from near extinction (1/25):