by Dwane | Apr 30, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week, Travel
I am a little disappointed. I have been in Greece for a month now. I am here to learn modern Greek as rapidly as I can. The “rapid” part? It isn’t happening. One problem is, I am just not finding much to listen to. I am an auditory learner....
by Dwane | Apr 29, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
The other day, my daughters received some advice from their piano teacher. “Practice piano just before bed,” she told them. She then explained that their brains would review the skill while they slept. You can use the same technique while learning Latin....
by Dwane | Apr 28, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin
Warning: For the first time ever, due to popularity, I am limiting the number of students whose work I will grade.
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hello, I am wondering about students who may require extra time completing Latin I… Specifically, my son, who has quite a high learning potential, also has to deal with some learning challenges (processing speed/ability, made more...
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
In class yesterday, we looked at the Greek word for fear, phobia. There are, of course, so many English words derived from this Greek word. This one, though, I found particularly fascinating. Toxicophobia: the fear of poison; A morbid fear of poisons, or the fear of...
