by Dwane | Dec 9, 2014 | Education
One of the historic advantages of Western Europe was that it was conquered by the Romans in ancient times — a traumatic experience in itself, but one which left Western European languages with written versions, using letters created by the Romans. Eastern...
by Dwane | Dec 6, 2014 | Education, Motivation, The Future
The fall of the Roman empire fascinates me. I have read more about it than a normal person should. I only wish evernote had existed back when I first started studying the subject. Just started reading another book about history’s most famous collapse. Charles...
by Dwane | Dec 5, 2014 | Latin
Found this note in an old email from a student. “Also, for the girls (I doubt boys’ll be interested) who’ve watched Frozen in your Latin class(es), this is an awesome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guZxkqIBbp4. Someone translated and sang the...
by Dwane | Dec 4, 2014 | Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin
Recently, I received this question: When an adjective governs case and is followed by a prepositional phrase, where is it placed in the sentence? Here is my reply: As for adjectives, watch the nouns and the prepositions closely. If there is no preposition, the noun...
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2014 | Education, Latin
I received this question this week: “I am hoping to find a midterm and a final exam for this curriculum to use for a high schooler. Any recommendations?” Here is my reply: Hi, I need to create those two tests. This is actually on my list of things to do....
