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Cooler Than a Mullet. Because there are some things that you may want to know about Mr. Perkins, check out the following links:. This is what academics call a listing of their professional activities. 2013 Washington Township Teacher of the Year Announcement. In May, 2013, Dr. Woodson announced that I was the teacher of the year for Washington Township. As you can see, I was quite surprised! Indiana Public Radio Interview. I am featured in two segments talking about Classical education. The press confere...
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: November 2011
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Forging a Centurion, Part II. From grades 9 through 12, I was fortunate to have three wonderful Latin teachers. My first was Joyce Woller when I was a freshman, which in my day was part of the junior high. In my last post. I have returned often, in both my teaching and in private life, to the eulogy of learning that is his speech in defense of Archias. In these years with Miss Ranck, I discovered the Junior Classical League. And an event called. It came as a great disappointme...
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: February 2012
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Friday, February 24, 2012. Rock 'n' Roll Latin. Email list. The next day, I received an email from Jessica Lahey. A teacher and author from New Hampshire. A bit of back-and-forth between us via email led to her publishing a delightful piece. On one of her blogs. Friday, February 10, 2012. The Sword Is Mightier Than the Pen. There is nothing like teaching Caesar's De Bello Gallico. To Latin II with authentic Roman weaponry! The first passage we read today was about the early part of the battle of Bibracte.
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: Forging a Centurion, Part VI
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Forging a Centurion, Part VI. The last post in this series. Saw my wife and me preparing to move to Austin, Texas where I would attend graduate school at The University of Texas. Ah, but that is for another post. At UT I had wonderful professors, such as Bill Nethercut. For Medieval Latin, Douglass Parker. For New Testament Greek, Andrew Riggsby. For Cicero, M. Gwyn Morgan. For Tacitus, Peter Green. For Greek history, Michael Gagarin. For a seminar on the Sophists, Paula Perlman.
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Steve Perkins-2014 Indiana Teacher of the Year: A Life Well Spent
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Steve Perkins-2014 Indiana Teacher of the Year. Monday, November 16, 2015. A Life Well Spent. Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. One translation of Cicero's essay De Senectute. Which literally means "On Old Age," has the title On A Life Well Spent. I recently had the opportunity to bring Cicero to life through re-enactment and in so doing to explore some of the depths of this statesman, philosopher, and orator. One of these personas is Cicero, and I was glad for the recent opportunity to bring this impor...
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: October 2011
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Friday, October 28, 2011. On 9 August 48 B.C., one of the bravest centurions ever to lead Roman soldiers died from a sword thrust through his mouth at the Battle of Pharsalus. On 27 October 2011 A.D., that centurion returned to life. Yesterday I debuted the character of Gaius Crastinus, first-rank centurion of Caesar's favorite Tenth Legion to a group of students at The Master's Study. In Indianapolis, IN. It was more fun that you could shake a. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. For several years, I have port...
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Forging a Centurion, Part VI. The last post in this series. Saw my wife and me preparing to move to Austin, Texas where I would attend graduate school at The University of Texas. Ah, but that is for another post. At UT I had wonderful professors, such as Bill Nethercut. For Medieval Latin, Douglass Parker. For New Testament Greek, Andrew Riggsby. For Cicero, M. Gwyn Morgan. For Tacitus, Peter Green. For Greek history, Michael Gagarin. For a seminar on the Sophists, Paula Perlman.
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Antiquity Never Gets Old: A Beloved Teacher Holds Court
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012. A Beloved Teacher Holds Court. Martha Vinson, Mark Damen. Ted Ramage, Jim Halporn. Of these wonderful teachers-turned-colleagues, three have stood out as mentors and deeply important friends. Tim Long, my professor for Greek as an undergraduate, remains a close friend with whom I converse often on everything from a point of Greek or Latin grammar to issues in education to the side-splitting hilarity of P.G. Wodehouse. After having walked to the high school each day from our junior...
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Steve Perkins-2014 Indiana Teacher of the Year: November 2015
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Steve Perkins-2014 Indiana Teacher of the Year. Monday, November 16, 2015. A Life Well Spent. Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. One translation of Cicero's essay De Senectute. Which literally means "On Old Age," has the title On A Life Well Spent. I recently had the opportunity to bring Cicero to life through re-enactment and in so doing to explore some of the depths of this statesman, philosopher, and orator. One of these personas is Cicero, and I was glad for the recent opportunity to bring this impor...
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