Meet my Latin class. Every Tuesday, we somehow manage to pull laughter and smiles out of declensions and vocabulary tests, whether or not understanding comes. And some days, my adorable students have light-bulb moments. All of them. And it clicks.
Today was one of those days. Hurrah!
I love my class.
I keep a file of all cute/funny happenings from life, and I thought I would post a few to make you smile :)
Scene: Latin 3 class, translating the book of Ruth from Latin into English and comparing various English translations with our own.
Ruth 3:9 - "And he said, 'Who art thou?' And she answered, 'I am Ruth, thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.'"
Juliet:
Katie Beth: he was Scottish
Mr. Callihan: skirt means cloak or robe under which he slept, so like, blanket
Caitlin: skirt, cloak, blankie...same thing :)
Katie Beth: Ssshhh. It's a kilt.
Mr. Callihan: yes
Juliet: Ah! Thank you =)
Katie Beth: er, actually... it's not
Katie Beth: *gets strange images*
Mr. Callihan: a kilt doesn't work very well for a blankie, KB :)
Katie Beth G: never mind about the kilt---
Scene: Reading hour in the living room, everyone present except for the youngest, who runs into the room saying...
MA: I lost my WWOMAHN!
Charlie looks carefully at MA, "Your WHAT?!"
"My womahn!"
Jacqueline: Wow, I didn't know you had one...
MA: But I do! Lots of 'em, with swords and shields.
The mental images made us all double-over laughing.
Then Daddy clarified for us, "You guys, he means his Roman."---
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