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I sent this tip out on November 23, 2019: Here's this week's tip: Give yourself plenty of time. Next week, in America, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving.   If you are driving to a relative's house, and you are supposed to be there by 1, simply plan to arrive twenty...

I know how to use a gun, but I’d rather not.  In a fight, I’d rather walk away.  I imagine you feel the same. The same rule applies to writing.  I know the big words in the English language.  I’ve taught Latin for decades.  Most of the big words in English come from...

Continuing to post old tips I failed to post way back when.  This one is from November 16, 2019. ================================================= Help your future self out. There are certain things you know are going to happen each day.  So, make your future self...

The question I most often get, still, is, “How did you start teaching online?” I am still trying to nail down the most simple way to start teaching online.   My story is complicated.  All the gurus out there sell very expensive, and as far as I can tell, complicated...

I am still plowing through old "tips of the week" to finally get this page up to date: https://dwanethomas.com/tip-week-archives/ I've got about 40 more tips to go. This one is from November 2, 2019 BC (Before Covid) =================================================...

So, I have a confession to make.  I am a big liar. But, first, a quick note on this week's schedule.   There will be no classes on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.  My wife and I are headed to Texas.  There is a class for people who have teenagers living in their...

Years ago, my wife and I worked in a fishing canary on an island in Alaska. This island, actually: https://llcruise4.blogspot.com/2015/07/historic-metlakatla.html.  If you scroll down six pictures, you will see the Metlakatla Packing Plant.  That's where we worked....

I received this question: Hello. We have been doing your dvd year 1.  Quiz 16 question 1 says “All prepositions are followed by ablative nouns“. True or False?  The answer says false. We have several charts  saying that ablative is the object of the preposition.  So I...

Some time ago, I received this message: Love the program so far. However, confused with Lesson 5 answers.  The charts in teacher’s worksheet do not match students’ and we are confused by answers for: #1 Why not ablative and vocative too? #2 Why just nominative...

Good morning! If you are looking for a used car, check out Kelly’s Blue Book.  My dad told be about this tip years ago.  Back then, there was still a book. These days, it’s all online.  Here it is: https://www.kbb.com/ If you are buying a used car, Kbb.com is a useful...

If you are going to launch online, I think you should become a chicken entrepreneur.  This is an idea I picked up from Michael Masterson in his book, The Pledge.   What is a chicken entrepreneur?   A chicken entrepreneur is someone who keeps his full time job.  He...

I didn't send a tip of the week out on Saturday because I couldn't find my way to the bottom of the the Black Friday emails inundating my inbox.  My message to advertisers is... Good grief, guys.  Calm down. Anyway... on to the tip of the week. I grew up in Europe,...