by Dwane | Dec 14, 2018 | Education
Here is the original: https://dilbert.com/strip/2018-12-10
by Dwane | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last night, I interviewed my friend, David Durham. David speaks seven languages and teaches French and Spanish online. Check out his site right here: https://daviddurham.org/ Here is the...
by Dwane | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Dwane | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Good morning, everyone. Once again, I am locked out of my own webinar this morning. Working on the problem right now. I am sorry. Sigh. Update: Okay. I think I figured it out. We will start with Italian today… in about 10 minutes. 6:02… well, I guess...
by Dwane | Dec 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
For those of you in the Italian class… the system is not allowing me to begin class. Working on this right now. I apologize. Update: For reasons I can’t explain… the system has locked me out. Sigh. No Italian class this morning. I am very sorry. ...
by Dwane | Dec 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the middle of the Christmas season, I know one question burns in your mind… Is it better to learn Latin, or is it better to learn a modern Romance language like French, Spanish, or Italian? It’s time to find out. It’s time to settle this....
by Dwane | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Catching up on emails this afternoon. I was out in Heber Springs, Arkansas for a few days. Was on my way to Oklahoma, but stopped off in Heber Springs to visit some Visual Latin students. Ended up “iced in” in Arkansas and never made it Oklahoma. I...
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Slowly catching up on emails. While crawling out from a mountain of correspondence, this made me happy: “Thanks for offering all of your classes for such an affordable price. I truly appreciate your generosity! And your humor. Some days you provide me...
by Dwane | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sigh. For those of you in my early morning classes, I am doing my best to get Go To Webinar to turn on right now. But, alas. No luck. For reasons I cannot explain. I apologize. UPDATE: Okay… problem solved. The following classes are on: Italian 2 New...
by Dwane | Nov 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you are bored the day before Thanksgiving and you want to look over a test for Henle 2 (because what could be more fun), then this is the post for you! This is still up for comment. I will be posting it into the automated system in a few days. Feel free to check...
by Dwane | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Is there online testing for Latin 2? I told Janae I wasn’t seeing any reports of grades for her. She’s only on lesson 9 right now, so are they at the end of a segment or just none for Latin 2? Thanks, Here is my reply: Hi, Misty! For...
by Dwane | Nov 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Guys, I am writing tests as quickly as I can these days. My goal is to have the tests for Henle 2 done before the end of the year. I am writing them in two stages. First, I am trying to catch up with the Tuesday class (currently in chapter 10)/ Second, I am trying to...
by Dwane | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi, I’m working through the Visual Latin curriculum with my kids. On lesson 6c (Reading and translation), I believe there may be a mistake in the declension of the word “herba” in a couple of the sentences. ...
by Dwane | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
I just wanted to say thank you for your Latin classes. I started Latin in 7th grade with classical conversation and did well in everything except Latin (I mean I was failing) and i didn’t get any better for 3 years. At the beginning of the year someone recommended...
by Dwane | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Since John Gatto died a few weeks ago, I have posted some rather edgy posts about the government school system. Some people have suggested I tone it down. No. I will not back down. My fellow Americans love to vote. We love to go to the polls. We are going to get...
by Dwane | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
After I sent the last “Tip of the Week”, I received this note: Thank you for sharing this Mr. Thomas…. GOD knew I needed this today. Hope all is well with you and your family, especially your son! We still have him in our Prayers here in Colorado....
by Dwane | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
I voted again today. I voted with my children and with my family. I kept them out of the arms of the government. Not sure what I am referencing when I say “I voted”? Read this: https://dwanethomas.com/i-vote-every-single-day/...
by Dwane | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
I skipped the voting lines today. I had better things to do. But, I voted the day before. And I voted the day before that. And, I will vote tomorrow. And, the day after tomorrow. I voted with my children. I kept them out of the government schools today. I will...
by Dwane | Nov 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
This morning, while cleaning out some old files, I came across the most popular “Tip of the Week” I have ever sent. Since I wrote this nearly two years ago, many new subscribers have not seen this. I thought I would share it again....
by Dwane | Nov 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week, I responded on my blog to some complaints about my classes: https://dwanethomas.com/some-complaints-about-my-classes-and-my-reply/ I received this reply from one of my students: “I saw your post about complaints. First of all, any complaints you have...
by Dwane | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Guys, I am going to cancel all of my morning classes tomorrow (Friday, November 2, 2018). I abruptly canceled three this morning because I was having vision problems. What I failed to mention was that I was also not feeling well. I had hoped the sensation would...
by Dwane | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last summer, I received some complaints about my online classes. There were basically three: I complained about Henle Latin. I skipped some of the small grammatical points in the book. My classes are too long. The author of the email wanted to know if the complaints...
by Dwane | Oct 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi, Mr. Thomas! I’ve been taking your Henle II class. (The previously recorded ones, I have not been able to attend your live classes because of schedule conflicts.) I started my study of Latin my freshmen year of high school purely out...
by Dwane | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi Dwane! Hope you are well. Getting along well with Lingua Latina at the moment. I have two questions: 1. How do you say the word “must” in Latin? (i.e. I must go to school, he must change his clothes.) 2. What is a deponent...
by Dwane | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I have adjusted the early morning class schedule. I have moved “Word Up: Live!” (which is really just an etymological hangout) back 30 minutes. That “class” will now meet at 5:30 am (central time zone) instead of 5 am. I have also moved the...
