The first real snowstorm of the winter, as I waited for the bus. It was a busy morning, with a little help from technology. Some students had chosen to take a job qualification test in Spanish, so I found myself pointing Google Translate at their screens so I could offer hints. In another class, I used Gemini to generate random numbers to select writing topics submitted by the students.
*”Neither snow nor rain” is a phrase commonly associated with the United States Postal Service, completing the full line: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” which signifies the dedication of mail carriers to deliver mail regardless of weather conditions; it originates from a quote by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus about Persian postal couriers. (Explanation generated by Google Gemini.)
