Some teachers adore the cliche that a teacher's presentation in the classroom is artistic or theatrical. These people are often very ne...

From the diary of Samuel Pepys: The morning to church, where mighty sport to hear our Clerk sing out of tune, though his master sits by h...

As I get older I find that three things are more and more the case. First, I am secure enough to admit that my life is good but not perfe...

Perhaps, "Carolus illuminatio mea" ? A few days ago I received via email and advertisement from Oxford University Press about...

From the preface to Edwin N. Brown's 1894  Treasury of Latin Gems : In the arrangement of the ordinary course in Latin, the first fo...

When you fail at something, do not sulk, that is, do not spiral down into powerlessness. If you know the causes of your defeat, prepare and...

Twitter is not a tool to gain the favor of people by praising them or their work. Nor is it a place for you to maneuver your own work to th...

One of the most necessary lessons of moral philosophy is contained in this question: why do you see the straw in the eye of your brother an...

I've been meaning to write about this matter for a while, but this article by Curtis Dozier of Vassar College in Eidolon , an "onl...

To close out the topic of cheating in this series, here are a few cheating-related anecdotes from my years teaching Latin. 1. in flagr...