Rebecca R
@rosnthal.bsky.social
Latin teacher, maenadic pixie dream girl
"When thinking of emperors that fought a killer whale with his bare hands, you can only think of Claudius" is perhaps my favorite 8th grade opening sentence I have ever read
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"When thinking of emperors that fought a killer whale with his bare hands, you can only think of Claudius" is perhaps my favorite 8th grade opening sentence I have ever read
every day I think about the student feedback I receive that said "I think it's weird how much she wants us to learn Greek" (this was from my Greek 2 class)
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
every day I think about the student feedback I receive that said "I think it's weird how much she wants us to learn Greek" (this was from my Greek 2 class)
If you're looking for Athens Apodosis, however...
July 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you're looking for Athens Apodosis, however...
Send the email again if you need help
July 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Send the email again if you need help
I don't have a diagnosis but yesterday I was working on wedding stuff and before I knew it a half hour had gone by and I had 6 Wikipedia tabs open on Sinitic languages
June 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I don't have a diagnosis but yesterday I was working on wedding stuff and before I knew it a half hour had gone by and I had 6 Wikipedia tabs open on Sinitic languages
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hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again
June 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again
Higher ups at my job suggest we embrace AI for kids because "they'll need it in the workplace" as though the rest of us adults haven't just been asked to use it with no training or critical thought.
June 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Higher ups at my job suggest we embrace AI for kids because "they'll need it in the workplace" as though the rest of us adults haven't just been asked to use it with no training or critical thought.
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Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
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At the point in my week where we're identifying grammatical constructions in the New Yorker review of the Minecraft movie
April 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
At the point in my week where we're identifying grammatical constructions in the New Yorker review of the Minecraft movie
I'm looking for long-form journalistic pieces about Jar Jar Binks. I know I'm 25 years late but I need to know how all of this happened. Thanks
Why does Jar Jar Binks and every Gungan wear boot cut jeans
April 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm looking for long-form journalistic pieces about Jar Jar Binks. I know I'm 25 years late but I need to know how all of this happened. Thanks
Why does Jar Jar Binks and every Gungan wear boot cut jeans
April 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Why does Jar Jar Binks and every Gungan wear boot cut jeans
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"Yes, there’s danger in opening our gates to this statue. But there’s also danger in keeping it out… the danger of eroding the sanctity of the gift-giving process."
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Yes, there’s danger in opening our gates to this statue. But there’s also danger in keeping it out… the danger of eroding the sanctity of the gift-giving process."
Life's bad I made a tiny house out of clay
March 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Life's bad I made a tiny house out of clay
Doctor Worm is not a real doctor, but is a real worm. His friend, Rabbi Vole is:
A) a real vole, but not a real rabbi
B) neither a real vole or a real rabbi
C) both a real vole and a real rabbi
D) not enough information
A) a real vole, but not a real rabbi
B) neither a real vole or a real rabbi
C) both a real vole and a real rabbi
D) not enough information
March 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Doctor Worm is not a real doctor, but is a real worm. His friend, Rabbi Vole is:
A) a real vole, but not a real rabbi
B) neither a real vole or a real rabbi
C) both a real vole and a real rabbi
D) not enough information
A) a real vole, but not a real rabbi
B) neither a real vole or a real rabbi
C) both a real vole and a real rabbi
D) not enough information
Very pleased with the classically themed buttons I made today at a friend's!
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Very pleased with the classically themed buttons I made today at a friend's!
Sometimes you just gotta spend an hour adding a beetle to a lid
February 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sometimes you just gotta spend an hour adding a beetle to a lid
My students were confused how some gladiators lost more than once. I suggested they were good athletes, so they were spared and could fight another day... we wouldn't just kill Patrick Mahomes.
They said we should! Go birds
They said we should! Go birds
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My students were confused how some gladiators lost more than once. I suggested they were good athletes, so they were spared and could fight another day... we wouldn't just kill Patrick Mahomes.
They said we should! Go birds
They said we should! Go birds
After writing a whole quiz on the Aquilae for my Philadelphian students, I'm left wondering how to translate "Buffalo Bills" into Latin.
January 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
After writing a whole quiz on the Aquilae for my Philadelphian students, I'm left wondering how to translate "Buffalo Bills" into Latin.
What an awesome thing the LGI is, run by people who really give their heart and soul to helping people achieve ancient language proficiency no matter where they're coming from.
Please help us show CUNY that classics *esp. the LGI * matters. Even a small gift will help show our strong base of support. www.cunytuesday.org/p2p/393923/l...
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
What an awesome thing the LGI is, run by people who really give their heart and soul to helping people achieve ancient language proficiency no matter where they're coming from.
Today's mood is teaching eighth graders to say intervocalic in front of sigma for my own amusement
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Today's mood is teaching eighth graders to say intervocalic in front of sigma for my own amusement
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Social Media must be overthrown and replaced by Social Persia, which will in turn be conquered by Social Macedonia.
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Social Media must be overthrown and replaced by Social Persia, which will in turn be conquered by Social Macedonia.
Learned today that grampus is an outdated term for a mammal, which, yeah sure, that makes sense, BUT BOY it was not the mammal I would have expected
September 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Learned today that grampus is an outdated term for a mammal, which, yeah sure, that makes sense, BUT BOY it was not the mammal I would have expected
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A cat lurking on the counter of an ancient #Roman fast-food shop (a thermopolium) in #Pompeii - sadly for our feline friend, the food once sold there is long gone! #InternationalCatDay AncientBlueSky
August 8, 2024 at 11:34 AM
A cat lurking on the counter of an ancient #Roman fast-food shop (a thermopolium) in #Pompeii - sadly for our feline friend, the food once sold there is long gone! #InternationalCatDay AncientBlueSky
Two days into summer Greek and I'm already producing such unhinged translations as κατὰ βοῦς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο ἤσθιον "they ate the cows of Hyperion Helios, no crumbs"
July 23, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Two days into summer Greek and I'm already producing such unhinged translations as κατὰ βοῦς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο ἤσθιον "they ate the cows of Hyperion Helios, no crumbs"