Midterms and Reading Week

[aderam]

I've got my Latin Midterm tomorrow bright and early. C and I met up yesterday to try and study together, compare notes and fill in the gaps that we have in the translation and things like that. It didn't really work out so well, since pretty much we just got together and tried to figure out how to go about the studying bit and realized that neither of us have any idea how to study for a Latin exam at this level. Last year we had vocab lists that we could go over, and we didn't do nearly as much translating. But all we could figure out to do for studying is to go over absolutely everything that we translated and look at it and try to memorize the vocab and all that jazz. It's kinda frustrating because I don't really have the time or the concentration to be able to do that properly, and I'm missing a huge chunk of translation because of missing class or not being prepared or a mixture of the two. I think that after the exam I might ask him if he has any suggestions on studying methods, and talk to him in general about the workload (which is way more than I can handle, and the same goes for several others in the class with whom I have spoken) and things like that.

Well, once more unto the breach!

forsan et heac olim meminisse iuvabit.

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Pardon? What was that last line?

[sdaha.livejournal.com]

Yes once more into the breach.

I had a test on friday (it went okay). I just finished a resume that is a project I have to hand in (grumble). And I was feeling good about it and I checked on the interweb for class info and found out I got 0, yes zero, on an assignment. Damn, I guess it got lost in the ether. SO I'll take a big breath and continue on...

Good luck tomorrow. I'm sure you can translate, "Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Re: Pardon? What was that last line?

[aderam.livejournal.com]

That last line is from the Aenied. It's book one and Aeneas says it when he's trying to encourage all his companions. It's kind of a "We've gone through all this stuff already there's nothing left that fate can throw at us that we can't handle" kind of speech. This is one of the most famous lines, it means:

Perhaps one day it will be good to remember even these [terrible things].

I have it written in the front of my Latin notebook. Somedays, like today post-exam of death, it's more appropriate than others.