“School is dehumanising. It serves a number of purposes, two of which are babysitting and the inculcation of conformity. Few people look back on their schooldays as being the happiest of their lives. Homeschooling, on the other hand, trains a child to associate...

For those of you in the Lingua Latina classes, you know that we are working our way through the exercise workbook Mr. Ørberg wrote.  Here is the book (in case you don't know what I am talking about): Exercitia Latina I. Because the Exerctia exercises are so detailed,...

Yesterday, my wife invited some friends and relatives over for lunch.   She made a cheesecake.  But, here's the thing.  She made it from cashews.  I suppose she should have called it cashewcake.   No one complained.  Quite the opposite.  Everyone was really enjoying...

Time for me to weed out some subscribers.  I am going to do this by recommending a book.   New York author James Altucher says that if he walked into Times Square and yelled, "I am God, and I am here to save you!" he would get some strange looks, but most people would...

Phones, Ipads, email, computers, and social media...  I find it all so distracting.  Perhaps you do too.   If you are having trouble staying on task, if you are having trouble getting things done, if you find yourself constantly distracted by all the flashing screens,...

Guys, the last 24 hours have been loads of fun for me.  Without going into a bunch of details, let me just say this.  Classes are cancelled for the next few days.  Problems on my site, and problems with some other sites.  All at once.  Problems all seem to show up in...

I am a big fan of education.  Self-education. I am, however, no fan of school.  At all.  I am with H.L. Mencken on this one. “School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and...

I keep getting this question: I am trying to understand the Lesson 2A worksheet (pg 5). I do not understand why all of the words are circled.  Are the nouns adjectives as well? Here is my reply: Looks like I may have made a mistake.  I’ll check into it.  Meanwhile,...

I received this question: My son is loving the Latin course! He’s programming a game show to review the concepts and vocabulary learned in each lesson. It’s so fun! And it’s especially helpful for me. 😀 He’s trying to determine the best way to say “game show” in...

.... so that I can get back to watching more videos like these?   https://youtu.be/enTEvon9pbw     https://youtu.be/rw7PUrgU3N0

This letter made me laugh... and, inspired me to work out more.  This has become such a regular joke in our house I thought I'd share it with you: Last Spring my (then 7 year old) asked what I was doing on the computer. "Watching my Dwayne Thomas Latin lesson," I...

Classes on my site started last week, but you didn't miss anything. I record every class I teach, and I only take them down if I am updating them.   Currently, there are 17 classes with around 1,500 videos all arranged by units.  In other words, you could go from...

Classes on my site started last week, but you didn't miss anything. I record every class I teach, and I only take them down if I am updating them.   Currently, there are 17 classes with around 1,500 videos all arranged by units.  In other words, you could go from...

This week, I received this note: Thank you for teaching Latin the way you do. Latin went from a “want to beat our heads on the table” subject to something that is maybe enjoyable! Laughter and Latin weren’t ever mixed before. - Sara I record every class I teach, and I...

All classes started this week.  I know you guys have lots of questions.  I know because my email inbox is full.  I will be working today and tomorrow to catch up on all questions. Dwane  

I received this question: My son is taking the tests for Henle 1 (watch anytime) and he was wondering if students are allowed to use your Latin charts during the test or if they’re meant to be taken strictly from memory? Here is my reply: I have a different approach...

"We finally made the switch to Visual Latin after struggling through Henle for two years. My only regret is that we didn’t switch sooner. My kids 14,13 and 11 are LOVING it! They can finally understand what they are doing and my 11 year old is already translating...

I get this question often. Which Latin accent is correct? I have no idea.  This is the accent I imitate: https://live.bible.is/bible/LATNV1/MAT/1?audio_type=audio_drama I tell you what.  When you can tell me which English accent is correct, I will tell you which Latin...

I received this question: My son has a class at 11:00 sharp on Tuesdays as well at a local homeschooling families house.  He has to bike there so he would need to depart here no later than 10:30…thus having to leave the Tuesday class early.  Is that ok?  I know he can...