The fact I found most interesting about the video was how students in Rome would write on wax tablets before papyrus. I would think it would melt all over the place during the summers and then be very hard to write on during the winters, leaving the students only during the Spring and Autumn seasons to do scholarly activities. It makes me wonder if that has any influence on the school system of semesters in the modern day.
Could the ancient history of typography have that significant impact even on modern-day education? It most likely has. Previously all learning took place on paper which is the very first form of typography according to video. The printing press really revolutionized typography and made it mainstream to the point most of us have printers accessible to us. Even further, typography is still used digitally in every aspect. Going on Google you see typography on every single page; when you look up from the screen you see typography everywhere. From billboards and posters to pamphlets and even a stop sign. It’s all types of typography.
Interesting questions, Sarah, about the students in Rome and whether the weather affected school semesters.
Although it’s not about students, a 2016 article in Hyperallergic (the link below may be persnickety) discusses ancient Roman tablets unearthed in Central London during excavations for Bloomberg headquarters. Not surprisingly, the content that experts were able to decipher (from the incisions extant on the wood bases of the tablets) pertains to commerce.