STUDENT #1: Yes, ma'am. The Vice Versa is what my Uncle Dave calls the late-model Nissan he

TEACHER: That'll do, Harold. I don't suppose anyone knows the meaning of ad fontes? Lucy?
STUDENT #2: To ad fontes is to install a style of letters and numbers on your computer.
TEACHER: Uh-huh. Cathy, would you care to tell us what an alter ego is?
STUDENT #3: Oh, that would be a person like my cousin James. Just because he gets to light the candles in church, you'd think he can walk on water!
TEACHER: You don't say. Peggy, what can you tell us about Anno Domini?
STUDENT #4: Only that she's the nastiest little Irish scamp I ever kicked on the...
TEACHER: All righty! Now, Gerald, who or what is ante bellum?
STUDENT #5: I'm sorry, ma'am. My parents say I'm not to talk about her.
TEACHER: This gets better and better.

STUDENT #6: Bonified -- that's what happens to all your cartilege when you get old.
TEACHER: Mmm. And Marty there -- hello? Are you with us? What does cui bono mean?
STUDENT #7: Er, wasn't that, like, what they called Sonny and Cher's little baby...
TEACHER: (Shuddering) Let's move on from that mental picture, quickly... What's your take on fiat lux, Richard?
STUDENT #8: Er, I suppose that would be whatever Harold's Uncle Dave picked up, back when he used to drive that little Italian...
TEACHER: That's enough! It's already quite clear that I'll have to move the heavens to cover this unit. I know just the phrase to start with. Everybody repeat after me: flectere si nequeo superos, Achaeronta movebo...
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Translation: If I can't move heaven, I will raise hell!
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