JACT Greek Summer School

Is there anyone else who is going to the JACT Greek Summer School at Bryanston this summer?
Hopfully it will be really good-imagine the novelty of doing greek with other people instead of on your own or in tiny little classes.

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Reply 1

Patrick7777

I'm going on the Latin one. My friend is doing the Greek one, she's a lovely girl, here's her myspace: http://www.myspace.com/loocey_is_tyrabanks

groovy-thanks

I am!! I am a beginner, not done any before. I can't wait! Will see you there hopefully :biggrin:

Reply 4

Patrick7777

Someone gave me negative rep for that last post!! :rolleyes:

Reply 5

Rastnim

How come? Oh dear, lol, I have no idea of the rules on this place :confused:

I'd better be careful.

Reply 6

unshiftingshapes

I'll be coming! I've never done greek before and I can't wait... :smile:

Reply 7

Patrick7777

They're very intensive I think, which results in heightened party attitude when it's not work time.

Reply 8

tritogeneia1

Just wait till B night halfway through...or bad taste or whatever they come up with this time. Mucho drinking there, though still fun if you don't drink.

Oh, and the Aristophanes play is always fantastic. In fact the whole thing is fantastic and provides many weird and memorable moments. I went twice...ahh, Bryanston. :smile:

Reply 9

paddy

OH one of my best friends is going there! He's doing Classics at St Annes, Oxford next year and is going to the Greek JACT camp this summer to brush up on his GCSE Greek lol.
I was going to go on the Latin one last year, but I decided to go to Spain instead :biggrin:

Reply 10

Feefifofum

Bryanston rocks! I went last year, was so much fun. The Greek is intensive, but it really helps you, and the play is also intensive! :biggrin:

It's particularly useful for people who hold offers for/considering applying to Oxbridge, but everyone enjoys it.
Tritogeneia - It's going through the alphabet! Last time was P and Q, so this time R, or R and S. The idea (for everyone who hasn't been) is to dress up as something beginning with that letter. It's great fun!

Reply 11

tritogeneia1

Wow, P and Q already! I'd love to see what people come up with - it's always funny seeing classicists do this, you tend to get some rather odd costumes that wouldn't be found elsewhere. In my year we had Boreas, Bousphoros and several Bacchantes (including yours truly :smile:

) There was also a Bacchus, who got very very drunk because everyone kept pouring him 'libations'. Gotta love it. :biggrin:

Reply 12

Feefifofum

Hehe! We had a Pope, a PE teacher, a pervert/paedophile, a Harry Potter, a paperweight (genius costume: sellotape a sheet of paper to each foot, et voila) and tons more

Reply 13

heliotrope

oof, im going to the latin one because im doing classics next year at oxford and dont have any classical subjects beyond GCSE.

it should be lovely.

Reply 14

Feefifofum

Ooooh, which college are you going to heliotrope?

Reply 15

unshiftingshapes

hey paddylad where in spain are you going to?

anyway nice to meet people who have been already / are going! I just got the confirmation letter this evening an am really excited. the dressing up sounds interesting...

Reply 16

Rastnim

This looks like it is going to be awesome! I am a total newbie to Greek so I am a tiny bit worried, but oh well!! I hope I will meet loads of great new people and hopefully get some good drinking done XD

Reply 17

paddy

slhls

Well I went to Malaga last summer for a few weeks, and this year I might go to Barcelona (for significantly longer tho), but I'm hoping to get a job in a school in Argentina actually, should be immense :biggrin: