How to give pupils the upper hand in an Ovid unseen
by One of my great pleasures is teaching at the JACT Latin Camp each summer. Though for many it will sound the very definition of a …
Author: Ollie
Hi! I began teaching Latin and Classical Greek back in 2014, when I made the move (barely) across the border to work at Monmouth School. I taught there for three years, before heading to Oxford to study for the MSt in Latin Language and Literature. I'm now in my third year of teaching at Brighton College.
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