Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge of and inspiring lifelong learning about Latin, Greek, and the ancient Greco-Roman world, especially at the elementary and middle school levels. Since 2000, we have served thousands of students and teachers on the east coast, west coast, and many places in between. We encourage today's youth to think critically about ancient societies and compare them to their daily life in the modern world.
Through these grants, our aim is to spur growth of Latin and the Classics at the elementary and middle school level, and to help create and strengthen foreign language partnerships between elementary and secondary schools.
Classical Promise Grant
The Classical Promise Grant allows enterprising teachers and students to engineer programs using both the organizational and financial support of Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute.
These grants are available to individuals who wish to create or maintain a Latin and/or Classical Studies program or event geared toward elementary/middle-school-aged students. The "parva" grant awards amounts ranging from $50 to $200 for small events, while the "maxima" grant provides up to $1,000 and supports a longer, more in-depth program. For more details and to apply, please visit the Classical Promise Grant webpage.
Rudolph Masciantonio "Classics for All" Grant
The new Ascanius grant, the Rudolph Masciantonio "Classics for All" Grant, supports events, programs, and projects geared towards teachers who are instructing elementary and middle-school-aged students about Latin and the ancient Mediterranean. Grants of up to $500 are available for teacher use. Each year, the grant will focus on projects centered on the year's chosen theme. Applications may be submitted at any time and will be reviewed by the committee on a rolling basis. For more details and to apply, please visit the Rudolph Masciantonio "Classics for All" Grant webpage.
Ascanius Grant for Professional Development at the Elementary and Middle School Level
This grant is intended to support continuing education for teachers (and teachers-in-training) whose instruction or programming, focuse
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My students today were scanning lines from Vergil's Aeneid book 1 and used a Collin's dictionary to look up Ascanius' name for his natural macrons. This yielded the form: "AscΔnius".
However, the Perseus Latin tool and Wiktionary entries suggest short quantities in the last 3 syllables of "Ascanius". Also, the scansion of all 5 lines containing Ascanius' name in book 1 need the shorts.
I wonder if anyone has come across any instance where the name "AscΔnius" is scanned with a long -cΔ- syllable? Or is the Collins dictionary simply wrong?
This wouldn't be the only time a macron is wrong in the Collins by the way... I remember a student looking up a feminine abstract noun ending in -iΕ and it had been printed as -Δ«Ε.
this is so me when i cheat my son of a hesperian kingdom and of pre-destined land
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Theyβre on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Itβs pronounced βNoel.β
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
Buenosdillas
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Why
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! π Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
βBOOMβ?!
