by Dwane | May 21, 2015 | Education, Latin
A reader asks: Do you think you would ever consider doing some sort of summer intensive for students learning Latin? Or even a supplemental online class during the summer break? Thank you! Here is my reply: Hi! You are the fourth person this week to ask this question....
by Dwane | May 21, 2015 | Education, Latin
Years ago, my family was foreclosed on. We ended up living with my wife’s parents for some time. I was a school teacher, earning a teacher’s salary. This is not such a bad thing if you work for the government, but I was a teacher in a private school. We had...
by Dwane | May 21, 2015 | Education, English, German, Spanish
Yesterday, I blogged about the English pronoun “you.” Here is part of the post: Often you will hear people say things like, “I can’t read the King James Version of the Bible. I get tired of the formal ‘thee’s’ and ‘thou’s.’” Funny thing is, those...
by Dwane | May 20, 2015 | English
Words change. Languages change. English shifted dramatically over the years. Here is an interesting lesson on the development of you. http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/history-of-you.html Often you will hear people say things like, “I can’t read...
by Dwane | May 20, 2015 | English, Latin
Natality: the birth rate. In philosophy, natality is human innovation. Natality is the human ability to create new ideas out of nothing. Natality comes from the French natalité, which derives from the Latin word natal. Natal means “birthday.” Since today...
