Second Gold

Second Gold

My wife’s cousin proved it wasn’t a fluke last week by winning a second gold in Olympic ski jumping, this time on the “big” hill (as if there’s a small one for us mere mortals). Congratulations to Kamil Stoch....
Double Do’s and Don’t’s

Double Do’s and Don’t’s

First and Fourth periods learned about cultural laws and do’s and don’t’s before applying it to a text from the textbook about hospitality in ancient Greek culture and its role in the Odyssey. Second and fourth periods returned the the question of...
Gold Medal Family

Gold Medal Family

Big, big news on the home front: my wife’s cousin, Kamil Stoch, won the gold medal in ski jumping in Sochi. He was about seventeen when my wife and I married, and he caught the garter at our wedding. He likely considers today’s win slightly more...
Media and Puzzle Assembly

Media and Puzzle Assembly

First and fourth periods finished up the cyclops scene, adding a new motif to examine as we read the Odyssey: the perfect hero. We began tracing the first element, verbal cleverness: Second and seventh periods finished up the jigsaw reading by getting into new groups...