Category Archives: Chapel Hill
The Lasting Value of a Classical Education
Harold and I drove past this shop tonight, and I started giggling. “Cato Fashions!” I laughed, “I mean, it’s no Gatsby luxury haircare, but it’s pretty great, right?” “What?” Harold asked me. “What’s so funny about a women’s clothing chain?” … Continue reading
Classicists Amusing Themselves.
Allison: [pullquote]Achilles Foot and Ankle Specialists. Is a real place that exists. [/pullquote] Meg: Don’t cry to your mama, come see us.
Repairs at the Forbidden City
Working Hard In The Teachers’ Office!
Model posing with Carol and Grace! Sven shows us blue steel. He has a lot of modeling experience. A rare photo of everyone at work. (Staged, of course)
In The Same Boat
I gave one of my classes a lesson on idioms, as part of my ongoing guest to eliminate certain abused phrases (like overuse of what a pity or using not at all as a response to thank you) from my … Continue reading
Office Adventures
In the office the other day… Sven: I’m off to class to have mad fun with our apathetic teenagers! Carol: Good job! Did you learn that word from David? Sven: What? Meg: He said “mad fun” not “ma fan“. (Chinese … Continue reading
Talent Show
On Friday, my class played Hippopotamus. This is an awesome game for mixed levels, easily modified for students’ English abilities and not mind-numbingly repetitive. You send one person into the hall while the rest of the class picks a verb. … Continue reading
At Least It Wasn’t Blue!
I started my new job at the high school today. We did a good warm-up where I told the kids that everyone is strange, and asked them to tell me something strange about themselves. We talked about “strange” and “unusual” … Continue reading
Adventures In Tutoring
I met Joe about a month ago when he asked me to sub for Christina’s class one day, and he’s offered me occasional tutoring and substitute gigs since then. Subbing in an American middle school looks like torture, but subbing … Continue reading
I can feel the wrinkles already…
I was tutoring a teenage student last night, and we did a reading about finding jobs in America. The passage talked about looking in the paper to find a new, and I mentioned that it’s a bit out-of-date, and people … Continue reading
