by Dwane | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I read the book Stop Acting Rich: And Start Living Like a Real Millionaire. You may remember the author. Thomas J. Stanley also wrote The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind. I had read his earlier books years ago. This month, when Stop...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Can you help us understand the answer to worksheet 15 B? 21. Agricola quem canis audit non in silva est. The farmer, whom the dog does not hear, is in the forest. Or, The dog whom the farmer hears is not in the forest. Or, The farmer, whom...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dorothy Sayers passed some wisdom on to Latin educators years ago. She had a simple plan. Why not read the easier books in Latin, like the New Testament, before moving on to the tremendously difficult authors of the Augustan age? Fat chance. They ignored her then,...
by Dwane | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
On my site, I take students through two Lingua Latina books. Here is the difference. There is the main book, Lingua Latina. It’s the one you are reading. Familia Romana. I have taken students through all of that book, and those classes are up on my site. They are...
by Dwane | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
I published this post back in January of 2017. Can’t sleep tonight. So, I am updating some blogs. Here is the updated version: ================================================= On Thursday, I drove to Birmingham, Alabama. There, my cousins and I carried my...
by Dwane | Jul 10, 2021 | Tip of the Week
It’s was too hot and humid in Tennessee, so I left. Right now, I am in Nebraska. This morning, I’m headed to the Agate Fossil Beds in Harrison, Nebraska… because I am fascinated by that kind of stuff. There are fossil graveyards all over the world, as it turns...
by Dwane | Jul 9, 2021 | Tip of the Week
This tip seems pretty obvious. At least to me. Evidently, it is not obvious to everyone. Here’s the tip: Don’t be a digital potty mouth. If you have a blog, a YouTube channel, or if you are on any form of Social Media, keep it clean. I heard Seinfeld make...
by Dwane | Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Entrepreneurship is the American way. It is what makes us rich. We are told that education makes America rich. By that, the education promoters mean tuition-funded, tax-funded, classroom education taught by risk-aversive salaried bureaucrats with tenure or seeking...
by Dwane | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
“A degree based on bureaucratic classroom instruction does not prove anything except this: the ability of tenured bureaucrats to promote the myth of classroom education, and the gullibility of the American public.” – Dr. Gary North...
by Dwane | Jul 5, 2021 | Education, Greek
I used to teach New Testament Greek. I hope to get back to it after finishing the Henle Latin series. My favorite Greek book is New Testament Greek for Beginners by J. Gresham Machen. Machen was not only an author and an educator, he was also a fighter. In this...
by Dwane | Jul 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
This was in my email inbox. ================================================= I’ve been on a bit of a rant, but I remember feeling so stupid as a kid. Why? Schools manufacture people who think that they’re smart but they’re not. Schools also manufacture...
by Dwane | Jun 29, 2021 | Latin
There is (justifiably) some confusion about the Lingua Latina classes I offer on my site. Here’s what’s going on. I take students through two Lingua Latina books. There is the main book, Lingua Latina. It’s the one you are reading. Familia Romana. I...
by Dwane | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I forgot to send a tip of the week out on Saturday. So, here it is. On a Monday! I’ve been binge-reading this blog lately: Trip of a Lifestyle.com. I have a nagging feeling that things are going to get weird financially before all this Covid stuff is finally over....
by Dwane | Jun 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve been sending a “tip of the week” every Saturday since 2015. Not counting the Saturdays when I didn’t send one. Heh. I am trying to get more consistent. I don’t know if that last sentence was good English. Every now and then, I will scroll through the old...
by Dwane | Jun 18, 2021 | Education
Articles like this one from the Babylon Bee make me wonder… Have the editors over there given up on satire? I can’t tell. Is this satire, or is this simply true? ================================================= The Pros And Cons Of Going Into Crippling...
by Dwane | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
I think we all know that common sense is not always common practice. We know what we are supposed to do, and sometimes, we just don’t. Here is my common sense tip of the week for you. Exercise. For years, I have struggled with stress. Usually, financial...
by Dwane | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This summer, I am slowly adding and archiving old “Tips of the Week” I sent this one out on May 8, 2021: ================================================= We are all pretty used to Google. Unfortunately, Google tracks everything we do. We all know that....
by Dwane | Jun 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
You may not know it… but the Italian word for tomato can help you hit your goals. Sometime in the 1980s, Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique. It’s a simple productivity idea. When you have a task to do, set a timer. In college, Mr. Cirillo used a...
by Dwane | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am still, slowly, uploading old “tips of the week” and archiving them here: https://dwanethomas.com/tip-week-archives/ Here is tip #196 from a few weeks back. Sometimes it’s too easy to get absorbed. We get buried in work, or in a project and lose track...
by Dwane | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week I received an email that included this question: What are your thoughts on Classical education? Well… Here are my thoughts on Classical education…. I am still a fan of Classical education. I think. Still working through this one myself. ...
by Dwane | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I recently stumbled across an astonishing quote by Derek Sivers, an author I know nothing about. Or, didn’t know anything about until yesterday. Here’s the quote: “I hate to waste a single hour. I feel the precious value of time, most of the time. I imagine my...
by Dwane | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real mothers, real nurses, and (above all) real children for preserving the human race in such sanity as it still...
by Dwane | Jun 1, 2021 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
I used to take students through Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Every year I would ask myself, “Why am I doing this to these poor students? And, Why am I doing this to myself?” I personally am quite interested in Caesar’s romp through France,...
by Dwane | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I received this question: My son is a rising sophomore in Classical Conversations. He has gone through Henle First Year and is about to start Henle Second Year. We are pretty sure we want to get a membership to your sight. My question is: do you offer any grading...
by Dwane | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
People often ask me, “How did you teach Latin to your own kids?” This is such a tough question to answer. It may be easier if I tell you what I wish I had done with my own kids. I started my kids out in Latin, but this was before I had discovered Lingua...
