Kit.com

I am not personally a big fan of buying stuff.  Especially stuff I don’t need.  But, to do a job well, sometimes you need certain tools.  I don’t mind buying the tools necessary to get the job done. The problem is, sometimes I am not exactly sure what...

Can I finish Visual Latin in one summer?

I received this question: How many hours a day will my son need to spend to get Latin I and possibly Latin II done this summer before high school entrance? Here is my reply: If you are using Visual Latin, here is what I recommend.  At 60 lessons, your son could finish...

The Pledge

For seven years, or so, I spent evenings and Saturdays behind one of these: This outdoor leaf vacuum was part of one of the odd jobs I took.  I took on many odd jobs to rescue my family from financial ruin. You see, for years, I had a bad financial habit.  I taught in...

Midterms and Finals.

Recently, someone asked if there were midterm exams, or final exams for Visual Latin. Here is my reply: Here is my reply: Currently, there are no “official” midterm exams or final exams.   However,  I recommend taking quiz/test 30 as a midterm exam, and quiz/test 60...

Don’t dither.

In many ways, I left America to cut myself off from daily unproductive habits. Ran across this quote the other day.  Sort of sums up what I have been thinking. “Time in the wild reminds me of how much of what I ordinarily do is mere dithering, how much of what I...