by Dwane | Nov 16, 2016 | Education
I received this question from one of my students: I was wondering, do you enjoy football? Here is my reply: I really do not want to answer this email. Hence, the delay. You likely do not want to hear my response. No. I do not. I consider it barbaric and brutal....
by Dwane | Nov 5, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
Recently, several students sent me some sloppy writing. I had to send them a rather hard email. You may find some helpful tips here. Here’s the email: ================================================= First of all, run everything you write through Grammarly....
by Dwane | Nov 1, 2016 | Education, Latin
This is from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I am in complete agreement. ================================================== I have already mentioned that I had only one year’s instruction in a Latin School, and that when very young, after which I...
by Dwane | Oct 31, 2016 | Tip of the Week
I failed to send a “tip of the week” last Saturday. I started the morning by responding to emails, and by grading student work. Four hours later, I was done. And, I was burned out. Generally, I don’t start the day this way. Instead, language study...
by Dwane | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi Mr. Thomas! I’m really struggling with Roma Aeterna because I haven’t done Lingua Latina in the past, so the vocabulary is really hard for me to get. I’ve already taken Henle 1 and 2 as two years of studying Latin for High School. I...
