Considering College? Consider this.

College, for me, was a waste of time.  I naively did what I was told.  I did what every high school graduate was supposed to do.  I went to college. It was a four year delay of game. There is more information out there now.  It is getting harder to keep the truth...

Abstraction

Abstraction: Dealing with ideas rather than events. Abstraction is also a state of mind occupied by abstract ideas.  When we consider the branch of a tree by itself, or the color of leaves, as separate from their size or shape, the act is abstraction.  When we...

When should I start Lingua Latina?

I received this question today: I am currently lesson planning Visual Latin I for my HS sophomore. Your VL/Lingua Latina schedule does not begin combining the two until lesson 17 or so, but your sample Week 12 lesson already has the student doing chapter 2 of Lingua...

Meteor

Meteor: a shooting star; a space rock passing into Earth’s atmosphere, appearing as a bright light in the sky.  From Greek μετέωρον (the thing high up).  Mετέωρον further derives from μετα (among, between, over) and ἀείρω (to lift, to rise...

Don’t try this…

Abstain: to withhold oneself; to refrain from voluntarily; to refrain from indulgence. I attempted to abstain from chocolate and coffee once.  Ah… to be young and foolish again. Abstain comes from Latin ab (away) and tenere (to hold).