All Greek To Me

When I was a freshman at Notre Dame High School for Boys, outside of Chicago, now Notre Dame College Prep, none of my surviving classmates ever heard the term Prep, I was taking Latin, from the greats Mr. Bartos and Father O’Neill, which I still am taking from them,  my First and Third Latin books before me.

Now I stare at various devices and am bewildered.

 I knew “amo amas amat, amamus amatis amant”.  Because I had a book by which I was instructed.  And I knew it meant various forms of love, which I live by to this day.

Now, I click one of these devices when I am completely lost and it says Customize Toolbar. Dear Reader, I don’t know what or where the Toolbar is.  And if I did, I wouldn’t have the foggiest as to how to customize it.  Is that like we did with ‘56 Chevies?

How am I suppose to know this stuff?  I know, what little I do, from my daughter.

But where is the manual?  How do I remember that “r, ris, tur, mur, mini, ntur” is the passive voice?  It is on my table.  And I will study it tomorrow.  And will the customizers of the toolbars remember anything at all?

 

Lonnie Carter is a playwright, Obie winner and his signature play is “The Sovereign State of Boogedy Boogedy.”

The views expressed here are not necessarily those of The Lakeville Journal and The Journal does not support or oppose candidates for public office.

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