Hello!
My name is Kinnery. I’m a mature student in university with about one year left of a degree in Classical Studies, with minors in English and Creative Writing. I did take a single semester of Latin several years ago using Lingua Latina, and I hope to take Latin again someday (possibly in the fall), but I mostly study Ancient Greek, using Athenaze. I just finished up my third semester of Ancient Greek, although I was also signed into an upper-year course in Ancient Greek poetry—without the prerequisite, oops—where we collectively translated most of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. There were only three of us in the class, plus the instructor (our program is pretty small, and the number of Ancient Greek students is even smaller), so it was an amazing learning opportunity.
In addition, the head of my program has hired me for this summer for a full-time Undergraduate Research Assistantship, which I’ll be starting in early May, to digitize our school’s Ancient Greek learning resources. Between the constraints of the pandemic and some turnover and other issues in our department, my Ancient Greek education has, unfortunately, been quite fragmented—so my knowledge definitely isn’t where I would want it to be at this point, but I’m sure after a summer of full-time work with the language, I’ll be in a much better place.
Thanks for having me!