De miscendo latinae fermentique
Or, “Latin & beer: a good combination.”
The weirdness of yesterday was not just limited to my sudden feeling of paranoia.
After the programming class, I went to what has been my favorite class so far this semester: Latin. To understand just how much I’m enjoying the language, it helps to know that I’ve actually added Classics as a dual degree to my math degree, purely on the strength of my experience with Latin these last two semesters, and I’ve done this in what is technically my junior year. Ultimately, this will add a year to my schooling, but I think it will be worth it.
On showing up to the next class, I found that only the instructor, the other “non-traditional” (i.e. older) student, and I had bothered to come. Happily enough, the instructor decided this meant we could go get beer. 
We decamped to the Student Union and proceeded to take turns buying rounds of beer. While we did this, we had some very good conversation. I’m really happy I went. Not necessarily the highlights that we discussed, but some points of encouragement for me (and after all, this is my blog):
- I’m not at all weird for being in school this late, and the consensus was that there are definite advantages to coming back to school when you’re older.
- I do my homework for this class (most of the time), and it is noticed.
- I’m not the only one to see that kids are getting more and more expectant of things to just be given to them for no good reason.
- My translation on the last test, which hasn’t been handed back yet, was “decent.”
- This instructor, who I also had last semester, is teaching one part of the intensive Greek program I’m taking this summer. That makes me so excited I can barely contain myself.
Overall, it was a very nice and encouraging sit down, and it’s the first time I’ve really done anything with anyone from school. Most of the time I’m running around so much to class, or to the library to do homework, or home so I can get ready for work, that I really miss out on the social part of college.
Here’s hoping the kiddies skip class more often.
