Oct. 21st, 2013

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I'm taking an undergraduate latin class through the extension school.    The professor is...let's say he's a character.  I've been taking notes of the bizarre things he's been saying. 

"latin has never been a dead language"
"Finland is the only place where they broadcast the news in perfect latin."
"though this textbook doesn't credit me, many of the ideas in it are mine."
"we learn latin for the pleasure of living, for fun."
"Everything we know, we've memorized."
"what are we going to learn?  answer: everything"
"I want to know everything and I make no apology."
"Babe Ruth was very passionate about things just like I am"
"no one will die if they are still in the bathroom"  (on starting after a class break)
"strange but true, you'll get no bullshit"
"Latin is easy to start, but almost no one gets good at it"
"repetition is the mother of studies"
"you and repetition make are the greatest study team possible"
"no english professor at Harvard knows english like I had to learn it in the 8th grade"
"there are people on this planet who think I know everything"
"people get inspired to study medicine from this class"
"sing is the object.  Brad does Angelina.  I do sing."
"it's okay if you quit, there are a lot of people who won't be here, you'll just be one more"
"we're just killing time for 2 hours"
"if you can read this and I can't, you have the power"
"492  of 500 recommendation letters I write are successful"
but wait, there's more )

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