So here we are. March 15. Beware the day after Pi Day. Also known as the Ides of March. Methinks of Shakespeare, et tu? Because for whatever reason, that Ides phrase introduced in high school stuck. Unlike Pi.
Oh Shakespeare…
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That honey-tongued poet who gushed drama and imagery with each flowery word.
In 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was warned of the Ides (the 15th, the full moon). We remember how that prophecy of doom worked out. Thanks to back-stabbing Brutus, he never made it to work.
Mrs. Key, one of my favorite high school teachers, brought Shakespeare to life in English class. Trying to twist our southern accents around those words was as challenging as trying to learn French.
“What language is this?” we protested.
“English!” Mrs. Key, vexed by our confusion, flung her multi-colored four-inch heel across the room and into the chalkboard. She belonged to another time, another place, and was as dramatic as Shakespeare himself.
Mrs. Key, Rivercrest High School English
Beware the Ides of March. Eat leftover pie.
Grace Grits and Gardening
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” – Act I, Scene II, Julius Caesar
Loved Mrs Key and Shakespeare. With I had some leftover Key Lime Pie 🙂
Mrs. Key was a mess!!!! loved her!!!!!
Good way to describe her!
She was truly one of a kind! Remember her throwing her glasses across the room and then calmly reaching into her desk and putting on another pair!
I remember that too Anita. Do you remember when she slithered on the floor like a snake. I forget what that was about…?
Interesting!! I just read that Ides of March is also a deadline for settling debts! Must show this to a couple of people who owe us money! 😀
I read that too!
only one of my favorite teachers ever, thought it was so cool when she’d slip to French when we weren’t smart enough to suit her or follow along quickly. cool post!
haha yes! She was cool.