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	<title>Regents Academy Blog &#124; A Classical and Christian School in Nacogdoches, Texas &#187; Lara Sowell</title>
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		<title>Why study Latin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you one of those who wonders why we teach Latin at Regents Academy? Well, recently while an omnibus class was being taught in my room, I heard a student ask the teacher how collaborate and conspire are similar in meaning. Since I was in the room, I was asked about the roots of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are students Latin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word student is a Latin word. It is 3rd person, plural, present. It comes from the Latin word studeo, studere, studui- to pursue, be diligent in, strive after. Therefore, it can be translated- they strive after, they pursue, they are diligent in.]]></description>
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		<title>Whole or part?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Latin help you in Math? Have math terms like integer and fraction ever troubled you? These terms should not trouble a student of Latin. The word integer comes from the Latin word integer, integra, integrum- whole, untouched and the word fraction comes from the Latin word frango, frangere, fregi, fractus- to break. Therefore, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extract</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had a tooth extracted? The most common definition for extract is- to draw out by effort; pull out. This word comes from the Latin roots ex-, out + trahere, to draw, drag. Looking at the principal parts (traho, trahere, traxi, tractus) it is easy to see where we get the words traction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conjecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dictionary defines conjecture as guesswork; inferring, theorizing, or predicting from incomplete evidence. The Latin roots are cum, together + jacere, to throw. Therefore the student trained in Latin could easily figure out that conjecture is something that is &#8216;thrown together.&#8217;]]></description>
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		<title>Procrastinate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever procrastinate? Then you are saving something pro- for + cras- tomorrow.]]></description>
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		<title>Exit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know that exit is a Latin word? It means: he/she/it goes out. It is posted everywhere you go. In Latin many verbs are formed by taking a base verb like go and adding a preposition as a prefix to enhance the meaning. If you want to look it up in a Latin dictionary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ursa Major and Ursa Minor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third graders are so amazing. We were making prepositional phrases with their new prepositions and they wanted to say &#8220;in front of a bear&#8221; in Latin. I told them the word for bear is ursus, ursi and we declined it to see which form we needed for our prepositional phrase. I remembered that they study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessed with roots? Most definitely!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 26, 2010 I heard Bob Costas interviewing Joannie Rochette, who had won the bronze medal in the Olympic women’s figure skating the night before just four days after her mother’s sudden death. He offered his condolences. My mind immediately thought about the roots of that word- com- with + dolēre- to suffer pain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Reasons to Study Latin at Regents Academy of Nacogdoches, Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Sowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowing Latin takes half the work out of learning anything else. Through learning Latin you really learn English grammar. Learning Latin gives you a better understanding of English words (most of which come from Latin roots).]]></description>
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