1. My first example was in chemistry class. Mr. Abronowitz wrote i.e. on the word when he was talking about more examples of a certain concept. I.E stands for id est which translates to this is. The prefix in English shows a lot of the time that there are more examples coming after the one that you just listed. You see this a lot in writing.
2. While filling out an application, I saw that one of the people who worked for the program had a Ph.D. in front of their name. That official name stands for Philosophiae doctor. This is a name that is given to someone who has completed a certain amount of school or has gone to learn more about a specific topic.
3. In English, Mr. Adcox wrote E.G on the board as he was listing some examples of a writing technique. Those letters stand for exempli gratia. That directly translates from Latin to for example. That's why people write it before listing off examples.
4. The other day, my mom was talking about going to Europe for vacation this summer. We talked about going all around the area, so places like Greece and Rome came into the conversation. I was able to tell her more about the places that would be interesting to visit because of some of our in-class conversations about them.
5. My younger brother is in Latin in seventh grade. He asked me to help him with his homework, which was over vocab, nouns, and verbs. I was able to help him with the verb endings because of what I've learned. I was able to help him learn that different verb endings meant different persons, like you, he, she and it. I was also able to give him tips about learning his vocab because I've learned how to study for vocab quizzes over the years I've taken Latin.
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