by Dwane | Sep 22, 2023 | English, French, Vocabulary
My local French students and I (I am not fluent. We are learning together.) have been watching the language learning series Extra. In Episode three, one of the characters uses the phrase ça ne me dérange pas, meaning, it doesn’t bother me. This threw my...
by Dwane | Sep 22, 2023 | Motivation
The other day, I ran across my new favorite French proverb. Not that I had a favorite French proverb before. But, that’s not the point. Qui s’instruit sans agir laboure sans semer. Whoever learns without action, plows without sowing. For a while, I have...
by Dwane | Sep 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cheeseparing – Saving via extreme frugality If someone cuts for you a rather thin piece of cheese, they are cheeseparing. Perhaps because they are frugal. Cheeseparing comes from the Old English word for cheese (case) and the Old French word for trimming,...
by Dwane | Sep 18, 2023 | English
Karmageddon Karmageddon is like, when everybody is sending off all these totally bad vibes. And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer for all. Karmageddon comes from Sanskrit Karma, the sum of a person’s actions. This sum determines a...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2023 | Tip of the Week
I teach and work online. I am also easily distracted. Not a good combination. To combat distraction, I write everything by hand. I have notebooks filled with tests, books, blogs, and tips I have written. I find I am much less distracted when I write by hand. Once...
