Carpe diem will someday die. It is medieval Latin, dating to 1287. Related but distinct is the expression "memento mori" (remember that you are mortal) which carries some of the same connotation as . For Horace, mindfulness of our own mortality is key in making us realize the importance of the moment. "Remember that you are mortal, so seize the day." Over time the phrase also came to be associated with penitence, as suggested in many vanitas paintings. Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with urging us to savour life and urging us to resist
Carpe Diem e-Learning Community Yuma, AZ 85364. Carpe Diem e-Learning Community Carpe Diem e-Learning Community is a charter school for grades 6–12 in Yuma, Arizona. The school is unique, since students do all their work on computers. The school has their own website where students can listen to lectures from the teachers at the headquarters of the school and do their work at their own pace, achieving credits when the work is completed. The school maintains a traditional physical campus, however. Sometime in the 2015-2016 school year, the school was renamed Desert View Middle and High School. The current building is located at 3777