hah
what the truck is a canadian dollar?!
and 470 of these things for a CANADIAN person but 1532.60
for us?
I need no canadian to teach me D’Ooge is all that be needed.
Hah I’d laugh if D’Ooge were Canadian.
French canadians are cool though
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1916 date=1059064282]
hah
what the truck is a canadian dollar?!
and 470 of these things for a CANADIAN person but 1532.60
for us?
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Well, when you consider that a Canadian dollar is about 45 cents American… or worth about a third of a British pound…
And have you looked at the tuition that I as a Canadian would have to pay if I went to the UK or the States? It ain’t just a Canadian thing…
Kilmeny
but isn’t that the point of a distance course? to help everyone so that everyone have an equal opportunity?
O milito te amõ vere
only an excuse to insult canadians because I knew you to have been one.
well I suppose the extra money is for a young female canadian professor to faire webcam lessons on the active forms of 3rd declension freaks such as…“facere” ;D
[quote author=Milito link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1911 date=1059061019]
University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada, in their Distance Education department…[/quote]
Neato! As an American, UW would be a bit pricey for me. But I like the idea of being able to learn on your own schedule. I found an introductory Latin course local to me, but I can’t commit to the set class schedule.
I see you are on a roll … it looks like you’ve taken a lot of courses this way! I can understand turning in homework, but … how are exams handled?
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1916 date=1059064282]
and 470 of these things for a CANADIAN person but 1532.60
for us?[/quote]
1 CAD = 0.717528 USD
So that makes it 1532.60 CAD ==> 1099.68 USD per unit.
If you go to a University in the United States, foreigners are also chanrged a different (higher) tuition rate. It’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
No thanks I’d rather stick with D’Ooge…in fact, I would stick with D’Ooge if this course-there were free.
[quote author=mariek link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1929 date=1059089765]
Neato! As an American, UW would be a bit pricey for me. But I like the idea of being able to learn on your own schedule. I found an introductory Latin course local to me, but I can’t commit to the set class schedule./color]
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I would think that Waterloo can’t possibly be the only place in the world to have this sort of format for courses. They’ve been doing this a long time, and it seems to work well, so I’m guessing that there must be some universities in the States (and maybe even the UK!) that do something similar.
[quote author=mariek link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1929 date=1059089765]
I see you are on a roll … it looks like you’ve taken a lot of courses this way! I can understand turning in homework, but … how are exams handled?
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The exam date is set the same way that the homework dates are set. It’s scheduled for a weekend at the end of term. (Eg: I wrote my Latin exam last term on 12 April, at 0900 AM…)
There are a number of exam centres across the country, so if you happen to be in an area colocated with one, you’re told where it is (Eg: University of Manitoba, Engineering Building, room 217, or something like that) at either 9:00 AM or 2:00 PM, and you show up, sign for your exam, and write it with all the other students in the area writing exams. I’ve been in halls with 50+ other Waterloo students.
On the other hand, if you happen to be more than around 50 KM from an exam centre, you find someone not related to you, preferably in the teaching profession, and send in a “proctor nomination form”, so Waterloo sends the exam stuff to them, and you agree with them on a mutually-workable time on the Saturday or Sunday of the scheduled exam weekend to write the exam. Waterloo sends the proctor a gratuity of some sort to oversee you. I had to do that when in Newfoundland and when I discovered that I would be in Alert, way up on the northern tip of Ellsmere Island, just south of the North Pole, over an exam period once. The proctor gives you the exam, and then mails it back to Waterloo once you’ve finished writing. Very handy system all round. (Waterloo sends out a newsletter to its correspondence students, doing highlights on some of the students and how they’re handling courses, etc… not long ago, they talked about a guy deployed on a warship in the Persian Gulf, working on a course and writing an exam out there… But I don’t think he was doing Latin…)
I tripped over the Waterloo stuff by accident when in Newfoundland, and wanting to keep doing courses in arts after having graduated from U of Victoria in sciences. The Base training office had calendars from a whole lot of universities for people or their families who might be interested, and this one interested me. I’d guess that there must be similar collections of continuing education/education upgrading materials in other places around towns and cities, but as I move around a lot, and since they sort of appear on Bases where I work… I’m not very in touch with what is available in the “real” world… (No wonder becoming a civilian has been equated to culture shock for military types! 
)
Kilmeny
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1925 date=1059082000]
O milito te amõ vere
[/quote]
Aww, gee, Gosh… :-[
(Did you realize that “milito” is a verb, and that techically, you should be saying “militas”? ;D)
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1925 date=1059082000]
only an excuse to insult canadians because I knew you to have been one.
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“have been one”?? “HAVE BEEN one”?? Help! The Bishop has revoked my citizenship, and hasn’t given me anything in exchange! I’m an alien!!
Milito
[quote author=Milito link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#2090 date=1059402847]
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#1925 date=1059082000]
O milito te amõ vere
[/quote]
Aww, gee, Gosh… :-[
(Did you realize that “milito” is a verb, and that techically, you should be saying “militas”? ;D)
“have been one”?? “HAVE BEEN one”?? Help! The Bishop has revoked my citizenship, and hasn’t given me anything in exchange! I’m an alien!!
Milito
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what is militare? or militere?
I treated it as a proper name ;D
episcopum “Bishop” vocari est non idoneus mihi.
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#2094 date=1059403473]
what is militare? or militere?
I treated it as a proper name ;D
episcopum “Bishop” vocari est non idoneus mihi.
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It’s “Milito/militare”… “to be a soldier, to do military service”.
Licet… Tuum nomen diutius non convertam… sed id festivum erat… 
Kilmeny
quid dicis? non intelligo
[quote author=Milito link=board=6;threadid=256;start=15#2087 date=1059402619]
On the other hand, if you happen to be more than around 50 KM from an exam centre, you find someone not related to you, preferably in the teaching profession, and send in a “proctor nomination form”, so Waterloo sends the exam stuff to them, and you agree with them on a mutually-workable time on the Saturday or Sunday of the scheduled exam weekend to write the exam. [/quote]
Wow, they’ve really got a system for everyone! They accomodate all sitations. This is really cool, it gives everyone an opportunity to take courses.
hey milito, where in canada are you from?
i’m always looking for new study partners… i live in edmonton 
[quote author=Episcopus link=board=6;threadid=256;start=30#2106 date=1059406864]
quid dicis? non intelligo
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“Licet” = impersonal verb that always appears in 3rd person and can mean “OK”.
“Tuum nomen” = “Your name” - nomen is 3rd declension (again) neuter.
“diutius” = “anymore”
“non convertam” = “I will not translate”
“sed” = “but” (but you knew that… )
“id” = “it” (see “sed”…)
“festivum” = “amusing”
“erat” … But you know this, too, right?
So do I have to stop teasing you, too? 
Kilmeny
[quote author=klewlis link=board=6;threadid=256;start=30#2176 date=1059490916]
hey milito, where in canada are you from?
i’m always looking for new study partners… i live in edmonton
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Currently… I’m in Winnipeg. As of January, I’ll be in Kingston. As of July… beats me where I’ll be! (Stability is a wonderful thing… It’s so transitory! ;D)
Kilmeny
hm, nowhere near me then. i guess i might have to track down some university students or something. 
Well, as of July, I might be in Cold Lake, which is sort of near…
But no guarantees at ALL…
Kilmeny
[quote author=klewlis link=board=6;threadid=256;start=30#2233 date=1059513297]
hm, nowhere near me then. i guess i might have to track down some university students or something.
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Yeah yeah SHAMELESS but you don’t NEED any university guys who will just want to …mulcère episcopum… I love my euphemisms…
As Nas says “All I need is one [book]” and that book is “Latin For Beginners” by Professor Benjamin L. D’Ooge.
Waste not time in finding people when all you need is on textkit.
btw thanks milito ;D
–I need to know 3rd declension soon!!
nah, it’s always helpful to have study partners. some of my favourite times in college were spent diagramming greek sentences with my fellow greek geeks… not to mention that it’s good for motivation