10 Q s with
Cameron Keuning Latin teacher
Reporting & photo by Sandra Cheng Right photo courtesy of Cameron Keuning
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What do you like to do outside of school? I coach baseball. I really love baseball and watching sports in general. I’m actually a really avid bowler as well. I bowled a lot when I was in high school and I like to go now and then just to keep it up.
What is your favorite holiday activity? Eating, not baking, Christmas cookies.
When and why did you become interested in teaching Latin? I took it when I was a high schooler and I didn’t really like it. I was a really bad Latin student. When I got to college, I started to really like it and started to get better. I realized that I had a passion for it and wanted to teach it.
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What is your favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation.
What is your biggest pet peeve? Airpods are a big pet peeve of mine—even if nothing’s on, but if there’s one in one ear, it bothers me really badly.
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What is your favorite book? My favorite English book is Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton. From Latin, my favorite book is Pro Archia Poeta by Cicero.
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What do you like about teaching? I’m a people person, so I really enjoy interacting with everybody, especially kids. I enjoy seeing the smiling (or very tired) faces.
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If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
What are your winter break plans? For winter break, I go back to see my family. They all live in Detroit, so my wife and I will fly back to see them. Then we’re going to spend a few days in Florida as well, just relaxing and trying to get a little bit warm.
If you had to choose any other profession, what would it be? A linguistics professor. I’m really into language, linguistics, grammar, syntax and all that sort of stuff.
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