Category: Dear Grumpy Advice on Teaching in Today’s Classroom
Milan – Mediolanum 380 AD approx
In the images below I have tried to reproduce an unprecedented Milan: my personal 3D reconstruction – very imaginative to tell the truth, although many monuments really existed and placed in the exact position where they were in Roman times.
I made this three-dimensional to get an idea of how life in the Mediolanum of the time could actually be, with brick or wooden houses, the imperial palace, the triumphal arch, the circus, the Herculean baths, the amphitheater , the theater, the temples scattered around the city, the doors, the Ambrosian basilicas (basilica martyrum, apostolorum, virginum and dei propheti) and more.
I made this three-dimensional to get an idea of how life in the Mediolanum of the time could actually be, with brick or wooden houses, the imperial palace, the triumphal arch, the circus, the Herculean baths, the amphitheater , the theater, the temples scattered around the city, the doors, the Ambrosian basilicas (basilica martyrum, apostolorum, virginum and dei propheti) and more.
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| Mediolanum |
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| Here we are in Crocetta, this was the arcaded street (Ora corso di Porta Romana) |
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| The basilica today known as Sant’Ambrogio, formerly Basilica Martyrum, consecrated in 386, in the background the Circus |
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| Porta Vercellina (Corso Magenta) the Circus and the Imperial Palace |
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| The Amphitheater, the square building is now San Lorenzo |
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| Temple near the current Piazza Mentana, in the background the Forum |
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| The Forum (Now in its place there is the Ambrosiana and the Santo Sepolcro church |
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| Porta Ticinese and the Carrobbio |
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| The current Piazza Missori, as soon as you entered the city from Porta Romana |
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| Porta Romana and the Via Porticata |
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| The Porta Ticinese area, the Circus, the Imperial Palace and the Forum |
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| Today’s Via Torino at Piazza Santa Maria Beltrade, in the background the Amphitheater |
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| Temple at the entrance of Porta Ticinese (here seen from the inside, in the background the Amphitheater |
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| The current Piazza Missori and the street that led to the Forum, now disappeared |
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| Hypothetical building in place of the Basilica of San Lorenzo |
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| Hypothetical building in place of the Columns of San Lorenzo |
1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down.
2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs.
3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.
4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
5. Request the late check-out.
6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
9. Play with passion or don’t play at all…
10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
14. You marry the girl, you marry her family.
15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
18. Never turn down a breath mint.
19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.
22. Eat lunch with the new kid.
23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
25. Manners maketh the man.
26. Give credit. Take the blame.
27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
28. Write down your dreams.
29. Take time to snuggle your pets, they love you so much and are always happy to see you.
30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
31. If ever in doubt, remember whose son you are and REFUSE to just be ordinary!
32. In all things lead by example not explanation.
—————————————————————————————-I also found that firm, fair and consistent REALLY Works too! Grumpy
“According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the next day, the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night.
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror. There are teachers, and then there are educators…”
Federal Govt Employees at Work! Circa 1849 on the Washington Memorial
(It was was finished in 1888 by the way!)
