Author Archives: Coke

AP Vergil

Posted on November 5, 2005 by Coke

I am teach­ing AP Vergil this year, and I have a stu­dent who is try­ing to write in meter. I check his work, show him his mis­takes, and he comes back with more mis­takes than before. He is a rather … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A lot to say…

Posted on October 7, 2005 by Coke

I have a lot to say, so let me get started by giv­ing Den­nis the vir­tual high five for enter­ing the class­room. I have to say that my life has never before made more sense than it does at the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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fio magister

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Coke

I am doing it! I am fol­low­ing Reggie’s meth­ods! They said it could not be done! All of his stu­dents would say, “The old man’s imprac­ti­cal. You can’t teach Latin like THAT to a bunch of high­school­ers!” That’s because they … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A cultural question

Posted on March 18, 2005 by Coke

I haven’t had much to say for this blog (and I still don’t) but I do have a PRESSING ques­tion I want to present to our read­ers: One of the first words we Eng­lish speak­ers use (gen­er­ally) as chil­dren is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Magister Coke is all around in big trouble!

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Coke

Besides shirk­ing my duties on this web­site, I have been extremely neglect­ful con­cern­ing grad­u­ate school. I got an email a few days ago from Bryn Mawr’s bow-tied God­fa­ther, Darby Scott, scold­ing me for not respond­ing to any emails from pro­fes­sors … Con­tinue read­ing →

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I found my password

Posted on January 8, 2005 by Coke

Hav­ing found my pass­word and hav­ing found lit­tle else to do with a dull Sat­ur­day (other than grade papers which I REFUSE to do right now) I have decided to make my first (?) post­ing on this lovely web­site. After … Con­tinue read­ing →

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