May 18, 2009

Diplomas in Latin

Here's another NYT article of interest, but I warn you: Latin teachers, prepare to be offended!

Roman France Article


In honor of the outstanding results of our students and teachers on the National French Exam, here's an NYT article outlining our next departmental voyage!

May 15, 2009

National French Exam Results!

Le Grand Concours
The National French Exam: 2009

Nashville Tennessee Nation (These are the three categories for numbers you see beside each student's name!)

French I:
Sam Denney 2nd 4th 5th
Bennett Cain 6th 10th 14th
Noah Fardon 7th 11th 15th
Drew Danieley 8th 12th 16th
Paul Baker 9th 13th 17th
Rob Edwards 9th 13th 17th
French II:
Ford Altenbern 1st 3rd 6th
Sam Berklacich 10th 17th

French III:
Lewis Armistead 2nd 12th 14th
Michael Nunan 2nd 12th 14th
Will Holt 3rd 13th 15th
George Curtis 5th 15th 16th


French IVAP:
Connor Shope 5th 12th 15th
Ben Gregory 10th 18th

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 6, 2009

May 4, 2009

Catacomb 3D!


Wow... Wow. This story from the BBC speaks for itself. Imagine the possibilities... and the hours I'll spend looking at this once it's done!

NYT Article About Chinese


This article offers some interesting perspectives on the debate about shifts in the Chinese language. This would be a great topic to explore with all the modern-- and even classical-- language teachers... Davis grant?