Letter of the month. :-)

Last week, I responded on my blog to some complaints about my classes: https://dwanethomas.com/some-complaints-about-my-classes-and-my-reply/ I received this reply from one of my students: “I saw your post about complaints. First of all, any complaints you have...

Going downhill quickly.

Guys, I am going to cancel all of my morning classes tomorrow (Friday, November 2, 2018). I abruptly canceled three this morning because I was having vision problems.  What I failed to mention was that I was also not feeling well.  I had hoped the sensation would...

Some complaints about my classes… and my reply.

Last summer, I received some complaints about my online classes. There were basically three: I complained about Henle Latin. I skipped some of the small grammatical points in the book. My classes are too long. The author of the email wanted to know if the complaints...

A student asks, “Should I abandon Henle Latin 2?”

I received this question: Hi, Mr. Thomas! I’ve been taking your Henle II class. (The previously recorded ones, I have not been able to attend your live classes because of schedule conflicts.) I started my study of Latin my freshmen year of high school purely out...

How to understand deponent verbs.

I received this question: Hi Dwane! Hope you are well. Getting along well with Lingua Latina at the moment. I have two questions: 1. How do you say the word “must” in Latin? (i.e. I must go to school, he must change his clothes.) 2. What is a deponent...