Many of you may already know me, or you know part of me, so this is less of an introduction and more of an introduction: the remix (insert your favourite DJ’s tag here). My name is Miriam Patrick and I am one of the founders of Scroll and Grove. I was also one of the founders of Pomegranate Beginnings (PBP). A lot has gone on since PBP was founded back in 2015. If you are interested in my academic profile, you can see that here! In this post, however, I want to consider the changes I’ve gone through as a teacher, a Classicist, and as a writer. When PBP was founded, and we published the first Latin novella, I had no idea what would come after. There were great things, but also not so great things; people loved our work and people hated our work. This is true for anyone who ever puts their work into the public sphere. I think, however, that the good far outweighed the bad. While I greatly appreciate all the feedback and engagement from my Classicist community, what will always remain true for me is that I do what I do because I like helping students succeed. They are the reason I get up every morning to go into my classroom and teach. Back in 2015, I was nearly finishing a master’s degree in Classics with a thesis focusing on proto-racism in the ancient world, particularly working with how the Romans treated the tribes of what we call Ethiopia and the tribes of what we call Ireland. This is still a passion of mine and my research in this field is never ending. But, my passions have expanded and evolved. While I still use Comprehensible Input (CI) in my classroom, I no longer only teach Latin. I also teach English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and I now have a second master’s degree in Special Education. Latin was and is my first academic passion. A lot of what you will see from me in Scroll and Grove will be on the topics in Latin I love, but you will also see new things from me. I have always been social justice minded, but I am now in a different place than I was nearly 10 years ago. I think it is a better place and I am so excited to share it with you! Here is just a taste of what is to come in future blog posts from me:
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