by Dwane | Feb 10, 2024 | Latin, Visual Latin
Visual Latin and the Latin Endings From time to time I get questions about the complicated Latin endings. Students want to know if there is a place to find them all. Turns out, there is. If you go here, and scroll down, you will find some Latin charts I made some...
by Dwane | Sep 3, 2021 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Could I see an example class? People are sometimes confused by all that I offer. I get that. There is a lot on this site. Here’s what’s going on. Visual Latin is a professionally filmed series. I do not personally sell it. It is available here from...
by Dwane | Dec 29, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Tip of the Week #309 How to Eat Cheetos Without Making a Mess Years ago, one of my kids discovered she really liked Hot Cheetos (not the official name, but that’s what we call them at home). She also likes to be clean. Those two really do not mesh so well. She...
by Dwane | Dec 24, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Tip of the Week #308: How to Free up Storage on Your Phone My phone is constantly running out of storage. The problem is, it overflows with photos To free up some storage, I have begun decluttering. I grew up before everything went digital, and I sometimes miss the...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2024 | Ebook, Goals, Motivation
Goals: Give Yourself a Day Off Last year, I wrote a book on goal setting. I also taught a four week course on the process of goal setting. Here are those classes: Week 1: https://vimeo.com/980722681/9a55a6f125 Week 2: https://vimeo.com/984623822/aac7465d62 Week...
by Dwane | Dec 21, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Tip of the Week #307: Include Batteries Quick tip this week This Christmas, if you are giving a gift that requires batteries, wrap the batteries with the gift. This quick and easy tip should eliminate the disappointment of receiving a gift with no power. ...
by Dwane | Dec 19, 2024 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
Whew. I have not posted on my blog in months. I miss it. I miss writing. I am not currently teaching any classes. Christmas break. This is giving me time to catch up, and time to start blogging again. It’s been a wild year for me. In February, Google shut...
by Dwane | Dec 7, 2024 | Tip of the Week
#306 – December 7, 2024: How to Find the Price of a Car We had a car go down this week. Since my family lives in car-dependent Tennessee, we had to replace it. Fun. My wife and I had already been looking for a good deal. We were able to find a ten year old car to...
by Dwane | Nov 30, 2024 | Tip of the Week
I often make mistake when I type. After all, I have Type-O blood. Heh, heh. But, I recently found a web extension that reads pages aloud. It’s a great way to catch errors you might miss. Whether you are writing for work or school, before hitting publish or...
by Dwane | Nov 23, 2024 | Tip of the Week
I tend to be a bit scatterbrained. I misplace things often. Wallet, keys, phone, kids, students, pens, lego bricks. You know, the usual stuff. Years ago, I learned a trick from a book. (I cannot remember the name of the book, as it turns out.) Whenever I put...
by Dwane | Nov 16, 2024 | Tip of the Week
These days, I do not rely on Google. I learned the hard way. Twice Google shut my website down. The second time the company shut my site down, they locked me out until I signed up for a monthly subscription. I wish I had that kind of power. I teach languages for a...
by Dwane | Nov 14, 2024 | Latin, Motivation, Online Classes, Q&A
by Dwane | Nov 10, 2024 | Tip of the Week
After sending an email last Saturday, many of you wrote to wish me luck opening a new store. I received this note from Erik: Mr. Dwane, Just wanted to quickly thank you for all the great tips throughout all these years, and wish you all the best with the opening of...
by Dwane | Nov 2, 2024 | Tip of the Week
It’s election season in America. Soooo… I recommend turning off all social media, all news, and all talk radio. The 24 hour news cycle is negative by nature. Negativity sells. Fear sells. All advertisers know this. In the newspaper business years ago, there was...
by Dwane | Oct 26, 2024 | Tip of the Week
I am running on empty these days. Pretty tired quite often. Even now, as I type this tip of the week. As most of you know, I decided to open a Lego store (Bricks and Minifigs) in Birmingham, Alabama. Vestavia Hills, actually. A little south of Birmingham. Long...
by Dwane | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The key fob on our van is slowly giving out. Replacing it will be expensive, so I am waiting. These days, to extend the life of the key, I place it next to my head whenever I press the lock, or unlock button. Sometimes, I will push the button while holding the...
by Dwane | Oct 5, 2024 | Tip of the Week
If you travel much, even for short trips, it is smart to keep a travel-only toiletry kit. This is one you never unpack. Have one set of toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, and so on, in your bathroom at home. Keep a separate set exclusively for travel. When you...
by Dwane | Sep 21, 2024 | Tip of the Week
If you’re trying to practice a new language, you can read Wikipedia articles in your target language. You’ll pick up relevant, real-world vocabulary across all kinds of topics. Another bonus: Wiki articles are generally clear and well-structured. It’s a...
by Dwane | Sep 14, 2024 | Tip of the Week
To register for classes on my site, you will need an email address. Sometimes, younger students share a family email address. Since many sites (mine included) often require unique email addresses, this creates a problem. There is an easy solution. You can create...
by Dwane | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
In this video, I also recommend Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. Here is the free digital version on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/familia-romana/page/12/mode/2up...
by Dwane | Sep 11, 2024 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
In a Latin class today, we talked about the word for bad, malus. From malus, English gets all kinds of bad words. No. Not that kind of bad words. The following English words trace their origins back to malus: Malice – the desire to do evil Malicious – intending to...
by Dwane | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
I didn’t post all summer. Maybe I should start calling this the “infrequent word of the day”. Anyway, now that school is back in I’m back. One of my favorite words is estivate, also spelled aestivate. To estivate is to sleep during the summer...
by Dwane | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I used to lose my keys all the time. I can be a bit scatterbrained. Then, I started attaching my keys to lanyards. Honestly, I still lose my keys. But, not nearly as often as I used to. If you are having trouble keeping up with your keys, try attaching a bright...
by Dwane | Aug 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Etymology is the study of the history of words. It also happens to be a passion of mine. In fact, a few summers ago, Compass Classroom and I created a rather ridiculous etymology show called Word up. When you look up a word in a dictionary, you get its definition....
by Dwane | Aug 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I learned this tip the hard way. If you ever rent a car, take a video of the vehicle before you drive it off the lot. I didn’t. And, I ended up paying for a scratch I don’t think I put on the car. Before you drive off with the rental...
by Dwane | Aug 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is not really a tip. This week, I am here to ask for some help. Several years ago, I read a book called Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. I recommend it. In the book, the author mentions the average age of a new...
by Dwane | Aug 3, 2024 | Tip of the Week
Here’s a tip my wife taught me. If you are staying in a hotel in the U.S. and you want filtered, purified water, but don’t feel like paying for bottled water, take a water bottle to the hotel gym. You will almost always find free filtered water in the...
