by Dwane | Jul 13, 2017 | Education, Motivation, The Future
One thing is sure: conservative American Protestantism is not future-oriented. In this sense, it is lower class. Lower-class people and movements do not shape history; they are carried along in the back of the bus in order to be milked by those future-oriented people...
by Dwane | Jul 12, 2017 | Travel, Van on the Run
As everyone knows by now, my son survived a brutal car accident on April 13. Three months tomorrow. While we were in Denver, there were several fundraising parties thrown in our honor… in Franklin. One of my girls complained. They are throwing parties for us...
by Dwane | Jul 12, 2017 | Education, Latin, Online Classes
I received this question: Comment: Hello! I am wondering where to place my children in your classes. They were at a classical Christian school until January of 2016. My 14-year-old has had 4.5 years of Latin before we began homeschooling. As we started mid year, I...
by Dwane | Jul 11, 2017 | Kudos, Motivation
The Latin and Greek world can be a lonely world of dry, dusty books. Notes like this keep me going: “I just wanted to let you know that I am loving your classes! I say that in the plural form because even though I am really taking the Lingua Latina class, I am also...
by Dwane | Jul 10, 2017 | Education, Q&A
I received a cry for help. To keep myself on track, I responded to her questions in red. Her questions are in black font. Ok so I think I get it. Your classes are live? & recorded. Correct. Live and recorded. Come to class if you can, or watch class later...
by Dwane | Jul 10, 2017 | Motivation
I have started reading “The Tao of Seneca” by Tim Ferris. In Seneca’s second letter, I found this: “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. What does it matter how much a man has laid up in his safe, or...
by Dwane | Jul 8, 2017 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
In one of my favorite books, The Pledge, by Michael Masterson, the author reports that the average American reads one book per year. It may not be that bad. According to the Pew Research Center, the average American in 2013 read a book a month. What about...
