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By JEROME p. CURRY
jcurry@gctelegram.com
Kevin Nyberg teach Latin and Greek is Garden City high school, the focus does not often found in American public schools for the 21st century classical studies.Buy photos here!
Brad Nading/message from Kevin Nyberg, teach, and caters to his classes in Greece, the Garden City high school, and only Latin retirement than Chess team coach.He is also a demonstration of the Episcopal Church Minister; a man who is proud of his family;recently retired coach GCHS chess team, who won the Kansas 6A State 1985, 1996, 2009 and 2010; and our "Sport" astronomer.
The Greek and Latin, which are the basis for the Western modern language evolved. Without the use of Latin and Greek alphabets; should the modern not grammar and precious little what historians term Western civilization.
"It is even more than," Nyberg said.
Some 116 students take the Latin or Greek GCHS.Nyberg has been in the Southwest regional Plains Service Center Sublette since 1999--his subjects is an interactive television teaching program separate font characteristics for Latin and Greek.
"They are in my class, it provides a better context in the medical, scientific and legal terminology," said the 54-year-old researcher. "Getting them ready to view the languages of the ancients (original) provides the necessary background "many disciplines, including theology.
Today it is difficult to find the classical wishing to teach the nation prep school teachers.Preparation is so complex and cumbersome, as it is rewarding.
Nyberg, 54, and originally from Central City, Neb, is one of them. [1] [2]. He said he had been teaching Garden City Public schools. [1] [2] he graduated from the 29 years, starting from the Kearney State College, now the University of Nebraska-Kearney,, in 1978, majoring in English education in the protection of minors with speech and theatre.
He received his Masters in computer science from the University of Georgia is in 1995. [1] [2] His great was the Latin summer courses of ancient Greece in 2001.His thesis: romanization of Korean Mycenaean Saga Seneca's Agamemnon and Thyestes.
"This means training and political philosophy," he said to his thesis title.
There are many aspects of the discussion, with the obvious short Nyberg, may in his backyard, where the cherry tomatoes continues to be one of the terraces will produce fruit in mid-October, or kitchen, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in which he washes the crew size urn coffee hour, which follows the Sunday morning services.
Nyberg, who has been married to his wife, Mary, 30 years from the date of the lay reader and eucharistic Minister Episcopal Church. [1] [2] He is not a Bishop, priest, and deacon, but a member of the laity ministering became the Episcopalian. [2] [3] in the mid-1970s.
Before that, he said: "I was canceled fundamentalist."
The teacher has had since 1977 license layreader.
He retired from coaching world chess team this year, because only so much time.
"We are defending the State champions," said the man, which uses the Garden City high school Chess team shirt of Church on Sunday morning.
In fact, this year on the status of the World Chess Championship is the second consecutive GCHS.
How to get the most out of all the competing coach to win four State Championships than he has done?
"Can you make preliminary second nature," Nyberg said. "To establish the criteria Reemphasize intact. ".
Has a different football or life, teacher suggested.
He has been a competitive Chess and astronomy to more than four decades. [1] [2] it could be that astronomy is equal to the lives of Latin and Greek, of course, they are related to the focus.. stars and Planets names to pay homage to the classical mythology Pluto Mercury, Orion Altair.
"I am the telescopes of the keeper," Nyberg said.
His Telescope in the cache, there are many, many telescopes--the majority of them his but USD 457 a few feature.
This last Wednesday night, the group set up observation GCHS Astronomy session. approximately 10 students were there the Sagebrush Road, a mile west of the site about Us Route 83 to see what they will be able to see in the sky.
Garden City grow. who already causing Astronomical Note issue.
"Light pollution," Nyberg said. "Light pollution in the city of lights. "There is a less light pollution Mount Nyberg. "
Mount Nyberg has Nyberg's backyard.
Classical studies Nyberg said, are still a major force in education and training.
Don't really have choices. determine separate font characteristics for Latin and Greek civilization.
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