Tami Munford is Harwood Union High School's Latin teacher. She loves linguistics and all languages, and in addition to Latin she has studied Ancient Greek, Ancient Hebrew, German, Spanish, and Italian. She can also get by in French, but only on a good day.
Favorite Qoute: Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo- A drop hollows out stone, not with force but by falling often. (Ovid)
Favorite books: Don Quijote de la Mancha, Cien anos de soledad, Gates of Fire, Birds Without Wings, Poisonwood Bible.
Favorite poets: Catullus, Martial, Pablo Neruda, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost.
Hobbies: Calligraphy, knitting, illustrating, painting, writing letters, reading, running, playing volleyball without breaking any ribs, seven language Scrabble
Favorite number and color: 55 (funfundfunzig) and purple!
Dreams: To live in Sicily or Crete, publish a children's book, and learn Mandarin Chinese.
Degrees:
B.A., Classics and German, Middlebury College 1982
Postbaccalaureate, Teaching, Univerity of Vermont 1990
M.A., German, Middlebury College 1992
M.A., Spanish, Middlebury College 2000