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Corinna Borealis: n. A lone star around which a solar system of sapphic drama revolves.

Here, a girl in the District studies inflected languages and invents new cupcakes.

Stuff I blog about: Languages, Geography, Cartography, mythology, Social Justice, books, Doctor Who old and new, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Disney movies, My Little Pony, Lord of the Rings, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Sherlock Holmes in all of his his different flavors, 20th century history, corgis, my writing and anything else I damn well feel like.

How I identify: teacher, INTP, Capricorn, Ravenclaw, waterbender, urban hobbit, sun sign of John Watson with a moon sign of Sherlock Holmes lurking underneath

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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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