Day 9: Mosaics and Lunch Lines

     χαιρετε! 

     Today was our ninth day at academy! It's crazy to think that its the first day of week two! 

      We woke up this morning and headed to breakfast, which meant that we entered the first wave of pandemonium that was getting meals today. The Christian Family Conference has come to Randolph-Macon, meaning that the dining hall is now completely full with a drove of families and children. However, we persevered, and all had three full meals today, and kept our positivity through it all! 

      After breakfast, we had Greek classes, which included Mercatus (where we discussed the provinces in the Roman empire and got stickers), Lucian's True History, (where we discussed an episode where our protagonists get swallowed by a whale and go to war with fish people), and Διδασκαλος  Cogan's class on the Greek language, (where we discussed verb endings!). I (Emily) got a Studio Ghibli sticker in Mercatus! Overall, classes were pretty productive today, and also quite fun! 

     After classes, we had Latina Loquenda, in which we practiced market terms, and learned how to play Go Fish in Latin! I (Jackson) feel now like Latina Loquenda has helped me to speak Latin very well, and I know many others share this opinion! After Latina Loquenda, we had Otium (yay!), in which I (Jackson) went to the gym, and I (Emily) talked with friends! Others, worked on translating Greek and Latin, as well as memorizing lines of Sappho. Then, we had Varietas, in which we prepped for our final project based on our theme Est Locus. I (Jackson) worked on The Aeneid, and thought our group was quite productive! I (Emily) was in Memoranda instead of Variteas, and spent my time editing and compiling photos. 

     Next, we had dinner, where we had to navigate through the DisneyWorld-level lines from the Christian family group, but after a hearty dinner we had Greek drill, in which we practiced our new vocabulary and verb endings. Then, we had an art projects, in which we got to make our own mosaics! This project was led by RA Sophie, and was a huge hit with us! We all thoroughly enjoyed it, and made some very creative things! Today, was another great day at Latin Academy, and we are excited for the eve of July. 

χαιρετε!
Emily και Jackson