Katie DeBoer, Ph.D.
@ktdeboer.bsky.social
Teaching Latin, Greek, Classical Studies | writing about women, gender, identity in the ancient world | reading Homer, Vergil, Ovid, et al. | ea / eam 🐶
So this happened.
July 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So this happened.
One of the course eval responses for “Do you have any advice for future students about how to succeed in this class?” : “you will never regret taking Latin but you will regret not taking Latin” 😂❤️
May 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One of the course eval responses for “Do you have any advice for future students about how to succeed in this class?” : “you will never regret taking Latin but you will regret not taking Latin” 😂❤️
Made this infographic to teach my students that chivalry and cavalry are doublets (and cognates). 🤯🤯🤯
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Made this infographic to teach my students that chivalry and cavalry are doublets (and cognates). 🤯🤯🤯
Hey, so this is my sister. She has worked for USAID for almost 15 years, living in Senegal, Rwanda, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Her work has focused on improving nutrition and preventing the spread of diseases like TB and Ebola. PLEASE HELP www.usaidstopwork.com/individuals
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey, so this is my sister. She has worked for USAID for almost 15 years, living in Senegal, Rwanda, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Her work has focused on improving nutrition and preventing the spread of diseases like TB and Ebola. PLEASE HELP www.usaidstopwork.com/individuals
My amazing students built domūs Romanae out of graham crackers today! They all did an amazing job!!!
September 24, 2024 at 8:11 PM
My amazing students built domūs Romanae out of graham crackers today! They all did an amazing job!!!
Reposted by Katie DeBoer, Ph.D.
It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.
It's not the worst of it, but what I may be actually angriest about (right now) is Roberts' smarmy smugness and dismissiveness in the final two paragraphs of section IV and the whole of section V. "Fear mongering," "extreme hypotheticals," "our perspective must be more farsighted," and this.
July 1, 2024 at 6:34 PM
It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.
This is truly the darkest timeline.
Community Chaos GIF
Alt: Troy opens the door to find utter chaos.
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July 1, 2024 at 5:09 PM
This is truly the darkest timeline.
Seeking opinions. Is this song an inappropriate way to teach "febrem habet" to 9th graders at a Catholic school? Asking for a friend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGr...
Bob's Burgers - "My Butt Has a Fever" Full Song HD
Song From The Bob's Burgers Movie Short Film "My Butt Has a Fever"Full Short Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDBclCLhU-I
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March 7, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Seeking opinions. Is this song an inappropriate way to teach "febrem habet" to 9th graders at a Catholic school? Asking for a friend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGr...
Students are doing a unit on the Roman invasion of Britain. I took a poll yesterday: if you were a Briton, would you have resisted Roman conquest or cooperated? The results are in:
17: accept
1: secret resistance
1: it depends
😱
17: accept
1: secret resistance
1: it depends
😱
February 2, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Students are doing a unit on the Roman invasion of Britain. I took a poll yesterday: if you were a Briton, would you have resisted Roman conquest or cooperated? The results are in:
17: accept
1: secret resistance
1: it depends
😱
17: accept
1: secret resistance
1: it depends
😱
For an end-of-year project, my students researched Roman coins and recreated them in Oreo. They did an amazing job!!!
December 19, 2023 at 8:09 PM
For an end-of-year project, my students researched Roman coins and recreated them in Oreo. They did an amazing job!!!
I got a label-maker as an early Christmas present and I have NEVER in all my days been so excited about filing!!!!!
December 18, 2023 at 4:51 PM
I got a label-maker as an early Christmas present and I have NEVER in all my days been so excited about filing!!!!!
Sometimes I start what seems like a totally normal and reasonable weekend project so we can do something fun in class next week and 72 hours later I’m glueing popsicle sticks at 1 in the morning like “how did we get here?”
October 31, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Sometimes I start what seems like a totally normal and reasonable weekend project so we can do something fun in class next week and 72 hours later I’m glueing popsicle sticks at 1 in the morning like “how did we get here?”
Cincinnati fall
October 17, 2023 at 11:15 PM
Cincinnati fall
This weekend’s major achievement: teaching my dad how to unsend WhatsApp messages. The world is not an infinitesimally better place.😌
October 15, 2023 at 9:35 PM
This weekend’s major achievement: teaching my dad how to unsend WhatsApp messages. The world is not an infinitesimally better place.😌
My students made such beautiful games in Latin! I am so thrilled & impressed by how much effort they put in (3d printing game tokens, painstakingly drawing Roman gods, mapping out a Mediterranean-based game board….). Tam pulchri sunt ludi! Optime factum!
September 28, 2023 at 8:51 PM
My students made such beautiful games in Latin! I am so thrilled & impressed by how much effort they put in (3d printing game tokens, painstakingly drawing Roman gods, mapping out a Mediterranean-based game board….). Tam pulchri sunt ludi! Optime factum!
Pretty pleased with my bulletin boards tbh
September 6, 2023 at 11:04 AM
Pretty pleased with my bulletin boards tbh
I had my students play SEX today for the first time and was surprised how much fun they had! Monday morning at 8 am is usually not, shall we say, high energy, but today there was much shouting, laughing, aaaand (I think) learning! Credit: todallycomprehensiblelatin.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-...
August 21, 2023 at 6:35 PM
I had my students play SEX today for the first time and was surprised how much fun they had! Monday morning at 8 am is usually not, shall we say, high energy, but today there was much shouting, laughing, aaaand (I think) learning! Credit: todallycomprehensiblelatin.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-...
Latin 2 #firstday activity: half the students have book covers, half have the titles in Latin. They have to find their match, then ask & answer some questions in Latin, then introduce their partner to the class. First time trying this, so I hope they like it!!
August 9, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Latin 2 #firstday activity: half the students have book covers, half have the titles in Latin. They have to find their match, then ask & answer some questions in Latin, then introduce their partner to the class. First time trying this, so I hope they like it!!
I voted in Ohio today, but I forgot my sticker. 🙁🙁🙁
August 8, 2023 at 8:15 PM
I voted in Ohio today, but I forgot my sticker. 🙁🙁🙁