silly seniors
THIS is how many points of contact silly seniors should have with the floor when sitting in Nicola's Latin class.
What is four on the floor?
If you remember one thing about this class, I hope that it's you know that you can do THESE kinds of things because you are smart and capable!
What are hard things? (You can do hard things!!!)
THIS SENIOR will be swimming off to Princeton in the fall! Princeton has a Latin motto AND a Latin seal (fancy) -- the motto is deī sub numine viget
vigeo, vigēre to florish, be strong, blossom, thrive
quis est Curan?
"Under God's Light She Flourishes"
Nicola went to THIS COLLEGE whose motto is in Greek (Αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν) but in Latin would be something like:
semper praestare
praesto, are, avi, atus = to surpass, be outstanding, excel, prevail
quid est Boston College?
"Ever to excel"
No silly senior would be caught dead breaking THIS RULE in class, as it is the literal only other rule Nicola actually enforces (in addition to 4 on the floor).
What is no whistling?
THIS is what a poor workman blames.
What are his tools? (It's a poor workman who blames his tools!)
THESE SENIORS will be at Wesleyan in the fall! Aeneas would love their motto: scientia et pietas
qui sunt Zoe & Jack?
"Knowledge & Loyalty"
THIS SENIOR will be in Seattle at University of Washington! Their school motto is a great example of the Jussive Subjunctive which we translate as "may/let _____": lux sit
sit is the present subjunctive of esse
quis est Laura Belle?
"Let there be light"
Nicola doesn't have to worry about silly seniors going off on their own to college in the fall because she knows they will be making THESE KINDS of choices while they're out there representing their families, their schools, and most importantly (bonus) WHAT third entity?
They will be making GOOD choices because they're out there representing their families, their schools, and most importantly the GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL LATIN PROGRAM!
This is the subject Nicola is the worst at (no shame).
What is math?
It's no *debate* that THIS SENIOR will be at Emory in the fall! Emory's motto is cor prudentis possidebit scientiam.
cor, cordis heart
"The Wise Heart Seeks Knowledge"
THIS SENIOR will call Princeton home in the fall! Princeton has a Latin motto AND a Latin seal (fancy) -- the seal is vet(us) nov(um) testamentum
vetus = antiqqus
The Old & New Testament
THESE are all the members of our original 9th grade class who are not currently in our silly senior class.
who are Corbin, Sarah, Sophie, Alion, & Rian?
Nicola doesn't make typos, but she does often hide THESE in tests, assignments, slides, MyGDS, and Google Classroom, and silly seniors are quite good at finding them!
What are Easter Eggs?
THIS SENIOR will be at UNC! Their motto is lux, libertas.
quis est Maya?
"Light & Liberty"
THIS SENIOR will be at Vanderbilt (running south Nashville??), whose motto is a very cool imperative helper verb with an infinitive! crescere aude
audeo, audēre to dare
quis est Ajay?
"Dare to grow"
These are all the current GDS seniors who I've taught (or will teach) not only them but also their siblings!
Ajay & Simrin Reed
Maya & Bodi De
Nino, Mario, & Paolo Imbroscio
Henry & Stewart Mitchell
Alex & Josh Marchand
THIS is what happens after you do hard things.
What is they're done?
(You can do hard things, and you do hard things and then they're done!)
THIS SENIOR will be at Penn! The Romans would absolutely love Penn's motto: legēs sine moribus vanae
lex, legis law
mos, moris custom, way, tradition
vanus, a, um empty, vain, useless
quis est Jake?
"Laws without morals are useless"
THIS SENIOR will be designing games at Tisch in the fall! Tisch doesn't seem to have a specific motto, but NYU's motto is perstare et praestare
quis est Mona?
"To Pereservere & To Excel"