Big Papa
That's right. I'm making a contribution to the gene pool. Megan is due March 26th. It's fun to think about parenthood--before it happens at least. Although, I told Megan that I feel sorry for our kid. Let's just say I'm an admirer of parents in history who were "rigorous" with their children's education. They say languages come easier the younger one is. I'm thinking polyglot. Megan, on the other hand, is interested in "social adjustment" or some such rubbish. Who needs peer interaction when you can read classics in the original languages before you go to college? Labels: Classics, Education, Languages, Parenthood
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congrats on the mini mckinzie. he'll be schooling me in latin in no time. tempus fugit! it's too bad though that the majority of our classic "canon" was written by dead white guys who wrote in english.
Like I said before, Praise God! Now about this rigor stuff. Absolutely! Jesus learned Hebrew and Aramaic (and maybe Greek) as a kid, so why shouldn't Greg Jr.?
Congrats dude...we're feeling the pressure!
Uh Danny,
this child will not be called Greg Jr. Although I am working on a list of name suggestions. I will reveal it on a later blog. Congrats Greg and Megan!
classic
One entry found for classic.
Main Entry: 2classic
Function: noun
1 : a literary work of ancient Greece or Rome
Congradulations Greg! If it's a boy you can name him Che.
hasta la victoria
According to Wikipedia:
In the traditional sense of the term, a classic book is one written in ancient Greece or ancient Rome (see classics). The word classic can also be applied to literature and other art that is widely considered a model of its form.
Some authors who have written classics are William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Miguel Cervantes, Niccolò Machiavelli, Lao Zi (Lao Tzu), and Confucius. Classics in this sense make up what some call a canon of world literature. The question of what belongs in the canon of Western literature and art is a matter of much dispute.
Most classics are many years old, but sometimes the word is pressed into use to describe newer works. Many classic books are, because of their age, now out of copyright and in the public domain, and of these a large number are freely available online from sources such as Project Gutenberg or The Literature Network.
Mark Twain famously wrote that a "classic" was a "book which people praise and don't read."
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For example the Harvard classics list can be seen here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics
Congrats anyway!
well, i certainly won't argue with wikipedia. thanks.
Don't argue, just go change it!
Congrats!! Congrats!!
Also, I was just telling my wife that if we are dilligent in our daughter's upbringing then she could be reading Greek by the time she enters into highschool.
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