by Dwane | Dec 18, 2023 | Education, English, Vocabulary
December: the twelfth and final month of the year December comes from the same root word that gives us the English decade (a period of ten years), decennial (occurring every ten years), decimal (to the tenth place), and dime (ten cents). December means: the tenth...
by Dwane | Dec 16, 2023 | Spanish, Tip of the Week
Like never before, I am attempting to level up in Spanish. Compass classroom and I want to produce some thing like Visual Latin, for Spanish. It’s been a dream for sometime. Unfortunately, my Spanish skills are the hold up. I still have a much to learn. One...
by Dwane | Dec 13, 2023 | Education, English
Noel: the period from December 24 to January 6. I have to admit, I did not know this was the definition of Noel until I did some research for this word. Noel came up the other day in a French class I am taking. The teacher was telling us about the French ‘Santa...
by Dwane | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
In my never-ending quest for alternatives to college, I recently discovered the No Degree podcast. In the podcast, the host interviews people who opted out of college, and found success. If you decide to check it out, I recommend this episode...
by Dwane | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Advent An awaited arrival; an important arrival. The season or period of the Christian calendar between Advent Sunday and Christmas. The word advent comes from the Latin word adventus. Adventus, in Latin, is an arrival, an approach, a visit, or an appearance....
