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...widow," to all things Seussian: keeping the ashes of her late husband Theodor Seuss Geisel in her hutch and monitoring all aspects of the licensing of Dr. Seuss materials. Were you aware that both How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and The Cat in the Hat have been published in Latin? Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit (literally, How the Nasty Individual Named Grinch Stole the Birth of Christ) and Cattus Petasatus are on bookstore shelves and have been selling quite well. MARIE C. BOLCHAZY, VICE PRESIDENT Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. Wauconda...
This is not your father's Latin, which was taught to elite college-bound high schoolers and drilled into them through memorization. Its tedium and perceived irrelevance almost drove Latin from public schools. Today's growth in elementary school Latin has been spurred by new, interactive oral curriculums, enlivened by lessons in Roman mythology and culture. "One thing that makes it engaging for kids is the goofy fun of investigating these guys in togas," says Marion Polsky, author of First Latin: A Language Discovery Program, the textbook used in Fairfax City...
...Latin enthusiasts believe that if young students learn word roots, they will be able to decipher unfamiliar words. (By some estimates, 65% of all English words have Latin roots.) Latin is an almost purely phonetic language. There are no silent letters, and each letter represents a single sound. That makes it useful in teaching reading. And once kids master the grammatical structure of Latin--which is simple, logical and consistent--they will more easily grasp the many grammatical exceptions in English...
...1970s and '80s, the U.S. government funded Latin classes in underperforming urban school districts. The results were dramatic. Children who were given a full year of Latin performed five months to a year ahead of control groups in reading comprehension and vocabulary. The Latin students also showed outsize gains in math, history and geography. But Congress cut the funding, and nearly all the districts discontinued Latin...
Martin's songwriters seem to have a thing for wild women. First, on his self-titled 1999 English-language debut, there was that crazy chick who was Livin' La Vida Loca. Now, on his new CD, the Latin pop star sings about sex-obsessed hotties on She Bangs and Jezabel. Much like that on Martin's last album, Sound Loaded's production is somewhat overdone, and the vocals are often overwhelmed by the surging instrumentation. But through it all, Martin has a charm that's hard to deny. The women in his lyrics may be rough and ready, but Martin...