Why people around the world are getting into a Midlothian High School class project

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Why people around the world are getting into a Midlothian High School class project

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. Midlothian High School Latin teacher Amy Petersen has found a way to get her new students excited about an old language.Her project is taking them to Pompeii in A.D. 62."It's like figuring stuff out," says Petersen. "It's old. It's clues and putting a puzzle together. Some of them like that. Some like the mythology. Some like the history."During the pandemic, Petersen had an idea. She would write a story about a young immigrant a…