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From http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/mar/04/my-profession-teacher-living-language

Teacher touts Latin to aid vocabulary, critical thinking
By Jonathan Devin
March 4, 2009

Like many high school students of Latin, Dawn LaFon was forced to take the subject by her mother, but the language of Cicero and Virgil quickly became her life's passion.

In her efforts to relate Latin to her students' lives, LaFon has rewritten songs with Latin pronouns ("I don't know where I come up with these things," she laughed), employed the letters of Cicero for discussions on career choices, and drawn connections between ancient and current events.

Read the entire article at http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/mar/04/my-profession-teacher-living-language .
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