> For 27 April , a word in defense of Latin teachers:
> >Floribert, bishop of Liege (746): The saint is described as a man of great
> >humility, a lover of the poor and "vehement in correcting" [he probably
> >was a Latin teacher].
> Not all Latin teachers are "vehement" in correcting! tho' my own desire to
> correct with gentleness may derive in part from memories of Latin teachers
> past.
the corrections may have had more to do with correcting an arrogant and
oppressive aristocracy than grammar. the poor tend not to learn (or
write) latin.
rlandes
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