Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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l 1 Uneaped Crusader Whole WW lem ma ome Patriots were lucky enough to get Donald Bratton for American History, Economics or any other of a number of subjects. Bratton was sort of an uncaped crusader, stamping out ignorance with both feet. Because he supplemented the curriculum with an endless assortment of anecdotes and gruesome faces, a few hearty soles decided to sign up for his course in Latin. Most students take Latin because their parents require them to, said Bratton. It's unfortunate because most parents don't make them study. It really didn't matter what reasons brought students to Latin classg once they got there they were grateful for Bratton. It wasn't every teacher who would take the time to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead language. Latin helps with English today 198 Academics! Organizations because 60 percent of the English language comes from Lating the romance languages are also based on Latin, said Bratton. It improves ACT and SAT scores in vocabulary and grammar. Latin studies also benefit pre-law or pre-med students. lt is one of the few offered classes that really focuses on basic grammar skills. Spending a day in Latin class could be a unique experience. On one particular day the class was having a test on the numbers from 1-20, with a written and an oral part. One of the students began to let his fourth period Spanish accent creep into his Latin recitation. Bratton glibly reminded him, Don'ta speaka 'Spic'. This is Latin class. After the oral part of the test was completed, he then administered the written examination, eliciting good natured groans and comments from class members. Bratton trusted his students enough ' allow them to check their own papers. When someone got a particularly obvio question right, he game him a hearty round of applause. What other teacher would give a standing ovation for an outstanding test paper? And who else t Bratton would refer to Caesar August a Auggie and his uncle, Julius Caesar as Uncle Julie. It was apparent that with any other teacher, Latin would have died at Parkview. Bratton, the uncapped crusader, added just enough energy an witticism that made even a dead language bearable. A l came, I saw, Iconquered. Not only did Donald Bratton breathe life into a dead language, but he provided Parkview students with ways to spend Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring vacations bg accompanying them to New York, the Caribbean and other fun spots.

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