by Dwane | May 13, 2015 | Education, Greek
One of my favorite students emailed me today just before class. Read it before you join the Greek class. Greek will eat your lunch. If ten of you sign up, three of you will make it to the end. I am not kidding. If you think Latin is tough…. You have been...
by Dwane | May 13, 2015 | English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Cognizance: having knowledge of something. When you possess cognizance, you possess knowledge. As G. I. Joe says, “Cognizance is half the battle.” Or, something like that. Cognizance can also mean perception, awareness, the ability to notice things. Cognizance...
by Dwane | May 12, 2015 | Errata, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this comment: “We are on the test for lesson 30 and beginning in question 16 some of the sentences on the test and the sentences in the answer key don’t match. Number 16 on the test says: Illa lux clarrisima est and the answer key says: Illa...
by Dwane | May 12, 2015 | Latin, Motivation
I received this inquiry: “I know the Henle Latin class is going to carry over into the summer or Fall, which also leads me to the question: when do you plan to have the class which finishes the Henle Latin 1 book? How many weeks/classes will it be?” Here...
by Dwane | May 11, 2015 | Tip of the Week
Every now and then, some university, or some newspaper will remind us of our greatest fears. I am always thankful for such articles. After all, if I am having an excellent day, what I really need is for some staff writer at a newspaper to remind me that spiders...
