by Dwane | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: I’m looking for an online Latin course that is somewhat comparable to Jenney’s First Year Latin. Would your Visual Latin compare at all? My daughter is going into the 7th grade and has had two years of Grammar Latin at a classical school. She...
by Dwane | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Back in February, I posted this: https://dwanethomas.com/schedule-2018-2019-red/ That was the RED schedule. Subject to a lot of change. I am sitting at Panera working on the schedule for next year’s classes. (The internet at our house isn’t working so...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am in a Starbuck working right now. Our home internet has been sluggish at best since we returned to the U.S. Thanks AT&T. We live in a populated area. We are not rural. I don’t get it. I tried to teach the daily vocabulary class this morning. It...
by Dwane | Jul 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Okay. I’m back. After avoiding my computer for over a month, I am back at work. During my month away from my computer, I discovered that I didn’t miss it all that much. Unfortunately for me, I earn an income on my computer. So, there is really no...
by Jeremiah Pent | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi, Everyone, Dwane asked me to relay a message that he won’t be able to respond to emails until after he returns to the States around the middle of July. Hope you’re enjoying your summer. Thanks much, JP
by Dwane | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been trying to keep up with email lately, but I am not sure I will be able to for the next few weeks. For the last few weeks, we have been traveling with an organized tour. This means that we have been staying in hotels with good wifi. The tour ended a few...
by Dwane | Jun 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today, I finished the last of the grading I had. Also tried to catch up on any urgent emails. Starting tomorrow, I will be on my site very little. June is the lightest month of the year on my site anyway, so it is likely no one will notice. Tomorrow, in Rome, I am...
by Dwane | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Visual Latin is a professionally filmed series. I do not personally sell it. It is available here from Compass Classroom. Once they have completed Visual Latin many of my students want to further their Latin studies. That’s where this site comes in. Every...
by Dwane | Jun 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi, my daughter pulled out of Ch. 1 mid-year this year and in the process of completing Henle 1. We moved and took quite a bit a time off but are planning on finishing the book this summer with the help of your classes. I’m actually making...
by Dwane | May 25, 2018 | Visual Latin
I received this question: Dear Mr. Thomas, I am having some trouble understanding infinitive verbs. As I have learned, an active infinitive such as audire translates as to hear, whereas a passive infinitive such as audiri translates as to be heard. Oddly, I have seen...
by Dwane | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
A good friend of mine is offering an online Spanish class. Since so many of you have asked me to teach Spanish, I knew you would be interested. I am not planning to teach Spanish anytime soon. And, even if I did offer a class, it would have to be more of a...
by Dwane | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: My son trudged through Latin this year for the first time in Classical Conversations Challenge 1. As you know, they use Henle. We’re not continuing with CC, but would like him to get his second year of Latin. He definitely learned some Latin...
by Dwane | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you have ever thought of moving to North Carolina, and if you are looking for a job as a Latin teacher… this could be your big opportunity. A friend of mine is helping her husband track down just such a person for the coming school year. Check this out: Click...
by Dwane | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thank you so very much for teaching Latin! Although Lingua Latina is tough, I’m glad I can actually read Latin! I love the information and history you provide for me, as well as information on where our English words come from. It’s so exciting to be able...
by Dwane | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
I turned 45 yesterday. I am currently in Greece attempting to master Greek. No language yet has challenged me the way this language has. I just don’t feel like I am winning. Yesterday, one of my girls bought a birthday present from a Greek newsstand. It was a...
by Dwane | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Mr. Thomas, I have a question about something Henle teaches even though that isn’t the Latin program I use. It’s a concept that is used frequently on my tutorial days and I never understood it. Henle Latin teaches a bunch of...
by Dwane | May 18, 2018 | Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
I received this email: Hey there Mr. Thomas, you may remember me I have sent a couple e-mails in the past. I went through your entire visual Latin course in order to learn Latin as my highschool language credit, and in doing so discovered a deep love for Latin and...
by Dwane | May 18, 2018 | Travel
My family and I are currently on the Greek island of Paros. While we are here, I am attempting to video blog (vlog) for the first time. My son, who has been vlogging every day for years, is trying to help me learn this strange new skill. I turn 45 on Sunday. He is...
by Dwane | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
I think I may have located the world’s slowest internet connection. Since I am currently in Greece, I won’t complain. Much. Doing my best to stay caught up, but I am falling behind. I am not extremely worried about the situation, though I certainly feel...
by Dwane | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this email: Hi Mr. Thomas, I’m planning to sign my older two children up for your classes for next school year. They’ll be in Challenge B and A in Classical Conversations, but after reading everything I can on your website, I think I’d...
by Dwane | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
I received this email: Hi! We have thoroughly searched your website, and I am wondering what you mean by offering the National Latin Exam? How would we take that exam? We have taken it with a coop that we have been a part of, but are switching from that and doing...
by Dwane | May 12, 2018 | Motivation
This is a repost. I wrote this in January of 2017. It still applies. Especially since we are back to Greece. ======================================================================================= My family and I are very likely moving back to Greece in March. If...
by Dwane | May 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am reading everything I can in a desperate attempt to learn as much Greek as possible during our month here. Yesterday, my wife and I shopped for groceries. The grocery store is a good place to learn vocabulary, as it turns out. Since English is such a...
by Dwane | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
We have been in Greece a few days now. We are fighting jet lag… and so far, we are not winning. My girls and I have been waking up off and on at about 2 am and are unable to fall asleep again. I am using the dead time of the morning to study Greek. This...
by Dwane | May 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
After a long day, or night, or both… I am not sure what day it is, my family and I have arrived safely in Athens. As I said in a previous post, I am back over here to study Greek. I have not used it much yet. I was able to use other languages I have studied,...
