by Dwane | Apr 22, 2017 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
By now, most of you know that my son was recently involved in a serious car accident. He has now been in ICU at Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado for over a week. My wife, my girls, and I received the news while we were in Athens, Greece. We quickly shut down...
by Dwane | Apr 7, 2017 | Education, Latin
For the past 5 or 6 years, and possibly more, I have been collecting student work. Each day, as students send answers to assignments, I check their work and then copy their work into a file. I have also collected my responses to the students, and I have collected my...
by Dwane | Apr 5, 2017 | Education, Travel, Van on the Run
Despite my best intentions, I have not blogged in days. I continue to crawl out from underneath the work I have given myself. One of my girls is doing a better job chronicling our life here:...
by Dwane | Apr 1, 2017 | Education, Latin
As many of you know, I’ve been stuck behind my computer since arriving in Athens, Greece. This has, naturally, been a source of frustration to me. Mostly, I’ve been stuck here grading papers and assignments. A few weeks ago, I was at a conference in San...
by Dwane | Mar 31, 2017 | Latin
Yesterday, I posted on Facebook and on my blog. I commented on the fact that it takes me so very long to grade. At the moment, I have suspended all new grading for the coming year. I am simply unable to keep up. Several people wanted to know why. “Why does...