In a sense, every post or podcast or publication or conversation that we hold here or through Scroll and Grove is asking this question. It could be about what we are doing here in this blog. It could be about what we as teachers and learners are doing here in our classrooms with our students in all their wonderful variety. It could be what we are doing here in our personal lives. Parker J. Palmer says that when we teach, we always teach three things, whether we know it or not. We teach a subject. We teach human beings. And, we teach our lives. So, of those arenas, we will constantly be asking: what are we doing here. Scroll and Grove as a joint effort between daughter and father. He retired a few months ago after 32 years of teaching, mostly Latin, mostly high school but a few other things and in different places and levels along the way. She is in the middle of her career as a teacher, teaching Latin and English as a Second Language, sponsoring or co-sponsoring several student organizations. She is in the thick of teaching, and he has the benefit of the long gaze over a career. We will be offering these blogs twice every month, and sometimes a guest blogger will join us. We will be here reflecting on three things: 1) Latin as language and as literature, looking at meaningful connections between the ancient and modern world.; 2) the art and science of human beings teaching human beings; and 3) the search for truth and meaning through practical and transformative experiences. While we might at times try to tease one of these out from the others, the reality is that they all are always weaving in and through each other. We hope that you will join us in the questions and the search for meaning as we do this work and answer this call to teach. Written by Bob Patrick
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