in which I crossed the alps

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When I was maybe 10 years old and about to take the SSAT to get into some schools my parents took me to see some tutors with a group of other kids. Our English teacher was adamant that we learn some scraps of Latin (mainly where it was applicable to English, i.e. prefixes) and told us that in his classroom we were only allowed to speak in English or Latin. Then he gave us all nicknames, excepting this one kid he didn't like -- I was "Hannibal," probably after the Carthaginian general. Fun times.