MWF Language Classes

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

All language students:

If you have requested to join a class, consider yourself enrolled. Class rosters will be updated throughout the week. Remember that Friday is your last day to ADD or DROP a class.

Because we have so many new people, all vocabulary quizzes are postponed until next week. We will still be doing sign-ups for class presentations this week: I would like to start those in two weeks.

I will cover last week's lectures during lab hours this week, except for Friday: this Friday's lab hours will be a showing of Wings of Desire, open to all interested students. I strongly encourage European language students to attend.

Office hours will be a game_of_you.

[OOC: There is a comment posted for each class to this entry. Please post your class participation beneath the class you're taking. Am working: will play when I can. This is mostly for students to interact.]

Comments

Re: 8:00 - 9:30 MWF Classics

[rushmore-yankee.livejournal.com]

Yes. My name is Max Fischer. I'm transferring from Rushmore Academy, by way of Grover Cleveland High School. I'll always be a Rushmore Yankee at heart, however, so I'd appreciate as little mention of my public school background as possible. A semi-complete list of my previous extracurricular and curricular activities is on my profile, but allow me to highlight two areas of interest to me: 1) I was President of the French club for four years, and 2) I saved Latin.

Thank you for your attention. I look forward to adding to my considerable abilities by boning up on the Classics.

Re: 8:00 - 9:30 MWF Classics

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Welcome, Mr. Fischer. And how did you save Latin?

Re: 8:00 - 9:30 MWF Classics

[rushmore-yankee.livejournal.com]

I began by petitioning the students at my former school. Since I'd built such a rock-solid platform (thank you, Debate Team Captain award), I managed to convince 438 students -- aged 8 - 17 -- that Latin was not what they refer to as "a dead language". [Max uses air quotes here.] Then, I lobbied in front of the PTA, the school board and the curriculum committee.

Of course, I did it all for love. Meaning: all for naught. At the time, I had yet to be smitted with the tongue, as I am now. The reward for my efforts with Latin, however, was being dumped flat on my anyway. So, it was pointless in the end. And now grades 7 through 12 have to take it as a required course. And someone kept slashing my bike tires.

Re: 8:00 - 9:30 MWF Classics

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Hey all...

I'm taking this class because Latin is actually based on another language called "Ancient". I'm told that knowing one or both may come in handy one day.

So, you know... carpe diem and all that jazz.

Re: 8:00 - 9:30 MWF Classics

[radekzelenka.livejournal.com]

Radek plops down into his chair and stares at Sheppard. Every so often he mutters to himself in Czech and shakes his head.