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...
by Dwane | May 19, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: To get “credit” for a foreign language, my daughter needs to take the National Latin Exam and pass. Do you have any experience preparing kids for this exam? My daughter will take your Lingua Latina this fall. Hopefully, she will take the...
