moving pictures (was Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Inspirational writing books...)
Jen Faulkner
jfaulkne at eden.rutgers.edu
Tue Jun 5 15:12:22 UTC 2001
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Amber wrote:
> in the 20's or 30's I think. The language is a bit antiquated (she
> actually refers to "moving pictures" at one point) but the concepts are
> solid.
Amber, I couldn't help giggling when I read this part, 'cause it
reminded me of a Latin textbook we used in high school that was
published in the 30s or 40s (the school board didn't believe in buying
new Latin books, since "the language hadn't changed"). Under one
illustration of Romans at the baths, it had the caption: "The ancient
Romans went to the baths for entertainment, much as we today go to the
moving pictures."
Our class found that rather amusing. *g*
(<rant>And Latin may not have changed since 1940, but Latin pedagogy
certainly has. We didn't always even have enough copies of the books,
and in some cases we were using photocopies of texts that my teacher had
typed herself. But luckily our math and science books were new at least
every other year, you know, to keep up with the exciting new fields of
high school math and science. Grrr.</rant>)
--jen, hoping to go to the moving pictures today (Moulin Rouge!) :)
"Will you be the one I've wanted, will you read my mind?
Will you ask me where I hurt, and heal me with your eyes?"
--melissa ferrick
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