Where we are in the books: November 18-23

Reminder: There will be no classes on Tuesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 28.  There will be morning classes (First Year Latin by Robert Henle only) that week for anyone who wants to show up. ================================================= First Year...

Just didn’t feel like typing.

I received this question: My daughter is using your Henle Latin I videos to help her through her Classical Conversations Latin class.  We have heard that it is super important to memorize the principal parts of each verb.  In your videos it sounds like you don’t...

Where we are in the books: November 3 – 9

Reminder: There will be no classes on Tuesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 28.  There may be morning classes that week for anyone who wants to show up.  Maybe. ================================================= First Year Latin by Robert Henle In the early...

What I teach my own kids If I could start over

I received this question: I have worked through Memoria Press’s  Prima Latina, First Form Latin, and Second Form Latin with my high school age students, and we are a few lessons into Third Form.  Honestly, it’s become a bit of a slog and I don’t...

Why am I just now learning about this podcast?

A few weeks ago, I recommend a book, Skip College: Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree. Naturally, it got me into some trouble.  Lost some subscribers.  Made some enemies. But, it also encouraged some people.  Made some new friends.  Opened some...

Modern people can’t read this.

Someone suggested I put something funny on a t-shirt.  Something like, “Modern people can’t read this”… in Latin. So, I did. I am using teespring to do this.  Looking for a lower cost alternative. But, for now, if you want t-shirt, sweatshirt,...

Visual Latin Errata, Lesson 12

I received this question: A question for Lesson 12: pg 46 #3 and #6 are both Venit to match to a plural and singular imperative. Wouldn’t one of them need the -nt plural ending for the indicative to know which one is plural? Here is my reply:  Correct.  I have...

Where we are in the books: November 3 – 9

Reminder: There will be no classes on Tuesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 28.  There may be morning classes that week for anyone who wants to show up.  Maybe. ================================================= First Year Latin by Robert Henle In the early...

Will this be on the test?

A few weeks ago, I read an article by Seth Godin. I love reading his work.  He is succinct.   Blunt.  To the point.  My kind of writing.  The kind of writing that gets you into trouble. Read this.  It won’t take long....

Lingua Latina will meet on Wednesday this week

Guys, I will be out of town again on Thursday.  I will not be back until Sunday. Morning classes are cancelled Thursday-Saturday. But, I did not want to cancel the Lingua Latina classes this week.  So, just this once, those classes will meet tomorrow, Wednesday,...

Saturday morning classes cancelled.

I can’t seem to get a break lately. I HATE cancelling classes, guys.  But, a family issue has suddenly come up this morning, and I have to take care of it right now.  I am so sorry.  We will just expand classes into early May to make up for all we have...

School is dehumanising.

“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...

I am adding a “new” class… but, not really.

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...

Tip of the Week #150: Eat your Veggies!

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...

Tip #149: Skip College

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...

Tip #148: Track your ideas the old-fashioned way

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...

Missed class and cancelled classes.

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...

Mmmhmm.

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...

Errata: Visual Latin, lesson 2

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,...

Game show

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...

I need to spend more time in the gym.

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...

Could I see an example class?

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...

Could I see an example class?

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...