He was known to begin classes by barging into the lecture hall, sometimes in era-appropriate chain mail armor, and bellowing the opening lines of Beowulf at the top of his lungs. As one of his students put it, “He could turn a lecture room into a mead hall.
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Teaching: you’re doing it right.
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Does that count as a miracle? If so, let’s beatify him straightaway.
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Does this mean I’m allowed to walk into class in ancient Greek armor and bellow the opening lines of the Iliad at the top of my lungs? =|a
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I want to be Tolkien.
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oh my god.
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