Hello all! My name is Peter, I live in Denver, CO with my wife Laurie, our 16 year old daughter Rose, and our little yellow lab, Katy. We also have a 22 year old son who is currently in Afghanistan with the 1st Armored Division, 36th Infantry. We're looking forward to his homecoming this month or next (they won't give us a definitive date). He's been there since last January and this past year has been very stressful.
I'm 57 years old and I teach middle school STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and love my job and the kids. Middle schoolers are the funnest age group. I'm also an avid hiker, kayaker, winter camper, reader, and amatuer bird-watcher, paleontologist, astronomer, and botanist.
I'm really looking forward to this class. Learning Latin has been a lifelong goal of mine but I could never find a class for it. I'm old enough to remember the Latin during masses as a child, and my Irish grandmother never accepting anything but that, continuing to use Latin during mass even though the priest was leading prayers in english. The words sounded beautiful flowing from her and I would be transfixed listening to her. I took two years of French in high school and another years later in college. I can read some French, but cannot speak it and the speakers are too fast for me to understand. Still, it's amazing how it sticks with you.