End of semester dance!!!!
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lunadelcorvoSo finished all my teaching classes, except for finals (and grading of course - ugh!) Also finished up my grad media class! W00t! That was a fun class - did my semester research paper on Dragon Age, which was a lot of fun! (Any game geeks that want to wade through 30-odd pages of academic/geek speak, I'm happy to share...)
I still have a Latin final, but that's no big deal (I have a LOT of studying to do tho! Eeek!)
Speaking of Latin, I also have discovered a wonderful possibility for the niblet for hight school! It's a classical academy, and they base their teaching around Latin, Greek, the Socratic method, and a solid foundation in classic and classical literature. It's a challenging atmosphere, but it's really small, and I think he'd respond well. He's been so disenchanted with school, it's kind of heartbreaking, so I'm really hopeful about this!
In other, sadder news, we lost the grand matriarch of the family last weekend. She was my son's great, great grandmother, and a Winchester, no less! (Yes, those Winchesters...) Not many people get to say they spent time with 5 generations of family in one room! At 104 years old, she was still sharp as a tack, full of piss and vinegar, but equally full of laughter and wit, and a character like only she could be. What an amazing woman. I guess I had sort of started to think she'd be around forever... Here's to you, Sudie; we'll miss you, but with fondness.
I still have a Latin final, but that's no big deal (I have a LOT of studying to do tho! Eeek!)
Speaking of Latin, I also have discovered a wonderful possibility for the niblet for hight school! It's a classical academy, and they base their teaching around Latin, Greek, the Socratic method, and a solid foundation in classic and classical literature. It's a challenging atmosphere, but it's really small, and I think he'd respond well. He's been so disenchanted with school, it's kind of heartbreaking, so I'm really hopeful about this!
In other, sadder news, we lost the grand matriarch of the family last weekend. She was my son's great, great grandmother, and a Winchester, no less! (Yes, those Winchesters...) Not many people get to say they spent time with 5 generations of family in one room! At 104 years old, she was still sharp as a tack, full of piss and vinegar, but equally full of laughter and wit, and a character like only she could be. What an amazing woman. I guess I had sort of started to think she'd be around forever... Here's to you, Sudie; we'll miss you, but with fondness.
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Date: December 6th, 2013 08:13 am (UTC)Clever old you! :o)
I was considered too dim to be taught it at school. Strange, then, that I spend many of my days amidst 17th century archive documents containing much very canine legal Latin and even more execrable law French, both of which I understand pretty well! :o)
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Date: December 7th, 2013 04:29 am (UTC)I knew a woman when I was a child who was 103 when she finally passed. She was still walking around even! Also alert, and had children around her (she lived at home) who adored her so much (I was one of them) that she always had help. She was such a sweet lady.
A School of Classics sounds amazing! I hope it all comes together!
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Date: December 11th, 2013 06:04 am (UTC)Condolences on the passing of the Lady. Sounds like a rich full life, worth celebrating.