Blog

Not long ago, I finished reading Your Money or Your Life by Vicky Robin and Joe Dominguez. For years, I have read financial books.  Not sure how I missed this one.  The authors published it years ago. These days, during times of high inflation, we need all the help we...

Words change over time.  We know that.  Sententious is one of those words. Sententious once meant full of wisdom.  These days, it kind of means full of it.  (Hint.  The it in full of it is not wisdom.) In Latin sententiosus meant full of meaning.  This word came from...

I read a lot.   Comes with the territory, I suppose.  During the school year, I try to focus on Latin, German, Greek, French, and Spanish.  But, I often get distracted by English. To combat this, I divide the day by languages.  In the morning, I focus on French and...

I recently finished writing a book about working online.  In it, I hope to show other teachers how to make a living online. While writing the book, I researched dozens of paths. I have been earning my living online since 2011. After all this time, I believe one of the...

Cheeseparing - Saving via extreme frugality If someone cuts for you a rather thin piece of cheese, they are cheeseparing.  Perhaps because they are frugal. Cheeseparing comes from the Old English word for cheese (case) and the Old French word for trimming, parer.  Not...

Triskaidekaphobia - Irrational fear of the number thirteen Triskaidekaphobia is a combination of multiple Greek words. Τρεῖς (tres) three, χαί (kai), δέχα (deka) ten and, or course φόβος (phobos) fear. This word came up in a Greek class this morning, as we were...

Disremember: to forget. I ran across this word in The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough.  A book I enjoyed immensely, by the way.  If you are looking for a book capable of inspiring you to work incredibly hard, this may be the book for you. While testing their...

Jargon This morning, in an online Greek class, we learned some of the rules for Greek accenting.  The rules are complex and full of academic jargon. Later, I thought of what a weird word jargon is.  I wondered where it came from. This is what I found out. Noah...

JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out. I am sure I am behind the curve here. I've known about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) for a while now. I did not know about the JOMO until today. Just found this word (if it is a word) and I love it. There are a bunch of Rivian trucks...

https://youtu.be/zAYR-i4S-ZE

Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter three: _______________________________________________________________________________________________...

  Last year I wrote a book on goal setting.  I am now in the process of editing that book.  As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog.  This is from chapter three:...

I received this question: Can someone tell me what I am paying and to what we may have access? I signed up a while back and we never really figured it out… Here is my reply: I only charge per family… not per student, and not per class.   A subscription grants access...

A simple formula When you set goals write them down.  This is critical. Many of us have vague goals we set every New Year's Eve.  We call these goals New Year’s resolutions.    We laugh a few weeks later because we have hit none of our resolutions. “Oh, well,” we...