Memorable Quotes from Gabriel Millman
3 quotesClassroom Challenge and Historical Knowledge
William Hundert
Mr. Bell, will you please finish my diagram for the class?
Robert Brewster
Oh ho, busted!
William Hundert
Octavian was also known as Augustus and his title was ______? Sedgewick looks at the blackboard like a dog staring at its reflection in water Mr. Bell! An ordinary dung beetle traveling across the floor of this classroom would know the answer to that question!
Sedgewick Bell
Uh, Emperor?
William Hundert
Correct. Can you name any of the subsequent Roman Emperors? There were forty-one.
Sedgewick Bell
I only know seven.
William Hundert
Very well. Recite them.
Sedgewick Bell
Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc, Happy, Sneezy...Dopey.
William Hundert
Can you, in fact, name any Emperor of Rome?
Sedgewick Bell
I know four. Let me see...
Sedgewick Bell
John, Paul, Ringo and uh, George!
[faux-British accent]
William Hundert
MR. BELL! A word of warning! As the great wit ] once wrote, loosely translated; "Youth ages. Immaturity is outgrown. Ignorance can be educated and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever.
[[Aristophanes]
William Hundert
Class please recite, in chronological order, the entire line of succession for the Roman Empire.
Class
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vepasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, Commodus, Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Septimius Severus...
[in unison]
William Hundert
Thank you, class, that will do. Mr. Bell, you may be seated.
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Exploring Ancient Roman Government Forms
William Hundert
And with the demise of the Roman Monarchy, two new forms of government vied to take power in Rome. One was?
Martin Blythe
Republic?
William Hundert
Correct. Republic, or the rule of law, was the one that ultimately succeeded the monarchy. The other was?
Robert Brewster
Tyranny?
William Hundert
In spirit, perhaps, but etymologically, no. What was it?
Deepak Mehta
Oligarchy?
William Hundert
Correct. Oligarchy, or the rule of a few. Tyranny is what we have here in this classroom, and it works.
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Dungeons and Dragons Invitation Gone Awry
Caped Boy
Excuse me, ladies. You may remember me as the guy who came to dinner a few weeks ago with underwear on my head. My name is Keith Stat from Millburn, New Jersey. State bird, the mosquito. And as you may have heard I am recently a crowned class B dungeon-master. So if any of you would like to play D&D today, please speak now or forever hold your peace. Anyone? Alexa! Maybe you would like to join in? We do need a druid, and you have definitely cast a level 5 charm spell on me.
Alexa
In your dreams, douche-bag!
Caped Boy
Douche-bags are hygienic products, I take that as a compliment. Thank you.
Alexa
Ewww!
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