Jul 10, 2020
“If you want to learn how to ask to go to the bathroom, then take Spanish. If you want to learn how to say, ‘The three headed dog from hell was devouring somebody’s soul’ then, uh, take Latin.”
My Latin teacher, Mr. Beck
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“If you want to learn how to ask to go to the bathroom, then take Spanish. If you want to learn how to say, ‘The three headed dog from hell was devouring somebody’s soul’ then, uh, take Latin.”
My Latin teacher, Mr. Beck
Peter, say it with me now:
WE DO NOT OPEN UP TO STRANGE MEN WEARING FISHBOWLS.
Students: *arguing*
Beck: That's in the past man...*points to Ovid notes* Now let's talk about stuff that happened 2000 years ago.
An Update.
Hi everyone, I’m not sure how many people still follow this account or are active on Tumblr (nor do I know if anyone will see this), but I remember this being a fun thing I started back in high school, which I graduated from about 3 years ago.
I know I haven’t used this account in years, but I thought this was news that needed to be posted somewhere. I just recently found out that my old high school Latin teacher, Mr. Beck, passed away today in a motorcycle accident.
I hope his memory lives on through this account’s posts and that his humor still serves to make people laugh from time to time. He was a fantastic teacher, and I am truly grateful to have crossed paths with him.
In the meantime, I dug through my Google account and found the original document that held a lot of his quotes. I never finished posting them all on here, so I think I’ll continue to do so until I’ve posted them all.
"[Lines] 92-101 is for Aeneas’ little pity party in the back of the boat where he wishes he was dead."
My Latin teacher, Mr. Beck
Beck: *makes a cheesy segue into the class discussion*
Student: You used to be really smooth about [it] but now we’re like “oh.”
Beck: Speaking of smoothly, how about Vergil and that dactylic hexameter of his?
Students: *groans*
Beck: Speaking of groaning ... gemitus ... that’s a Latin word.
Sometimes the adrenaline rush of desperation produces a lot of good work.
My Latin teacher, Mr. Beck
Ululo (1) is an onomatopoeia. I guess lamenting women makes a sound like ‘ululululululul’
My Latin teacher, Mr. Beck