by Dwane | Jun 9, 2016 | Motivation
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...
by Dwane | Jun 8, 2016 | Education, Travel
My family and I have been in Athens, Greece now for a little over a week. We have never lived in a city this large (over 4 million people) and we have much to learn. So far, we have adapted well and are really enjoying our time here. A friend of mine, David Durham...
by Dwane | Jun 7, 2016 | Education
“Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions isn’t a coincidence—it was an investment in our economic future. The plan: trade short-term child-labor wages for longer-term productivity by giving kids a head start in doing...
by Dwane | Jun 4, 2016 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
The other day, this comment popped up on my YouTube account: “I’m currently in my second year of Latin and so far I know a lot about the Romans slaughtering the Gauls…annnd beautiful words such as caedis and occiderunt :)” In case you are...
by Dwane | Jun 4, 2016 | Travel, Van on the Run
I have quite a bit of catching up to do. If you are waiting for an email from me, you will hear from me soon. You have not been forgotten. 🙂 Turns out, I am not a very good travel writer. I always thought I could do it. Now, I am not so sure. Before leaving...