Classics
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Excerpts from an item at the Lansing State Journal: Andrew Crocker wasn’t in East Lansing on Friday. He didn’t put on cap and gown along with Michigan State University’s 6,951 other graduates. He was in Dublin, Ohio, where family matters brought him some months ago. His graduation merits notice because it marks an ending. Crocker…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Graham Shipley, who mentioned this study on the Classicists list … here’s the abstract of an article by Kate Chanock: This paper recounts the process by which a severely reading-disabled adult student taught himself to read and write Ancient Greek, and in so doing, improved his ability to read and…
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Amicus noster Arthur Shippee did his archaeologist imitation and stumbled on this article by Peter Dodington in American Educator magazine … it is surely must reading for anyone — especially at the grade school level, but also beyond — who has had to justify the study of Classics: Knowing Ourselves: How Classics Strengthen Schools and…
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Looks like another Classicist got drafted last weekend … an excerpt from the Boston Herald: […] The Dolphins need to do a better job keeping their quarterbacks up, so they took Stanford offensive tackle Jonathan Martin in the second round. They’ll need to coach up University of Miami defensive end Olivier Vernon, whose college production…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Salvemagistra who posted this to her blog the other day: … I wish more departments would do this sort of thing; I suspect it would answer a lot of questions for prospective applicants (like my own son!).
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