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Tip of the Week #214: Read

I once read that the average American reads one book a year. That statistic blows me away. If that's true, think about this.  If you decided to read one book a month in your field, in just one or two years, you'd be light years ahead of most of your competition. I...

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Public schools. Just say no.

From time to time, someone asks me to sign up as a vendor for a charter school. My reply is usually something like this. Unfortunately, no.  Too much paperwork.  Charter schools want background checks, insurance, licensing, and other bureaucratic paperwork filled out...

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What I learned in school

In school, I learned that A students win. In life, I learned that A students work for C students.  And, B students work for the government. In school, I learned English grammar.  I didn't get it.  Failed middle school twice and didn't graduate from high school until...

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How to teach online: Part 2

I used to be like the man who jumped on his horse and rode off in every direction. Maybe you are, too. It's okay.  School actually teaches us to do this.  School teaches us to be distracted.   School doesn't like what Cal Newport calls Deep Work. Think about it.   We...

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How to teach online. Part 1

It seems every week, someone asks me… “How did you do it?  How did you transition to teaching online?”   Well, I am going to tell you.  And, in the process, perhaps, I will be able to help you get online as well. Thanks to Covid, people don’t look down on online...

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Tip #209: How did they build that blog?

Have you ever landed on a website and wondered, “How did they build that?” If the site was built with Word Press (which runs a quarter of the blogs on the internet) there’s an easy way to find out. Simply copy the url of the site and paste it into the search bar on...

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How to find your grades

Hope you all are having a great break! Your grades are easy to find.  I created a short video for you.  But, it's simple, really.  Just go to my site: www.dwanethomas.com.  From there, find Members, then Watch Anytime, then scroll down until you see the class you are...

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Do I need to memorize all those endings?

I received this question: Do we need to memorize the different tables for the different persons(2nd and 3rd person) and the table for the different words in Latin(this, these, that, these)?   Here is my reply: https://vimeo.com/616258700

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Tip #208: IGBOK

Lately, it seems all the news is bad.   Here’s some good news. You can safely ignore all the people setting their hair on fire, running in circles and panicking about climate change. When I was a kid, it was global cooling.  The world was going to perish in an ice...

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How to find the Spanish videos on my site

A student on my site is having a hard time finding the recordings of All Spanish Method by Guillermo Aviles. Honestly, I can see why. So, this video is for any of you who find yourself in the same situation: https://vimeo.com/614065705

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