by Dwane | Apr 28, 2017 | Motivation
For the first time in two weeks, life is beginning to look normal again. Just over two weeks ago, my son nearly lost his life in a car accident. He survived, but just barely. A local newspaper posted a picture of our van here:. After almost two weeks in the Intensive...
by Dwane | Apr 23, 2017 | Motivation, The Future
By now, most of you know that my son was recently involved in a serious car accident. He has now been in ICU at Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado for over a week. My wife, my girls, and I received the news while we were in Athens, Greece. We quickly shut down...
by Dwane | Apr 22, 2017 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
By now, most of you know that my son was recently involved in a serious car accident. He has now been in ICU at Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado for over a week. My wife, my girls, and I received the news while we were in Athens, Greece. We quickly shut down...
by Dwane | Apr 7, 2017 | Education, Latin
For the past 5 or 6 years, and possibly more, I have been collecting student work. Each day, as students send answers to assignments, I check their work and then copy their work into a file. I have also collected my responses to the students, and I have collected my...
by Dwane | Apr 5, 2017 | Education, Travel, Van on the Run
Despite my best intentions, I have not blogged in days. I continue to crawl out from underneath the work I have given myself. One of my girls is doing a better job chronicling our life here:...
by Dwane | Apr 1, 2017 | Education, Latin
As many of you know, I’ve been stuck behind my computer since arriving in Athens, Greece. This has, naturally, been a source of frustration to me. Mostly, I’ve been stuck here grading papers and assignments. A few weeks ago, I was at a conference in San...
by Dwane | Mar 31, 2017 | Latin
Yesterday, I posted on Facebook and on my blog. I commented on the fact that it takes me so very long to grade. At the moment, I have suspended all new grading for the coming year. I am simply unable to keep up. Several people wanted to know why. “Why does...
by Dwane | Mar 31, 2017 | Education, Greek, Latin
I received this comment: Please add me to the waiting list. I think it would be worth triple the money (although I’m not saying j could pay that. Lol). I can imagine it takes forever to grade. Here is my reply: Got it! You are on the list. Still working on a...
by Dwane | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
From time to time, someone will join my online classes thinking that they have purchased Visual Latin. I may have confused you. Unfortunately, Visual Latin is not included with a subscription to my site. The company that produced Visual Latin has their own...
by Dwane | Mar 30, 2017 | Travel, Van on the Run
One of my girls is blogging her way through my maddening decision to move my entire family to Athens just so that I can learn Greek. Check out her latest post here: Week 1: Leaving one home...
by Dwane | Mar 29, 2017 | Motivation, Travel, Van on the Run
Yesterday during one of my classes, a student asked, “Mr. Thomas, How can you afford to move your entire family to Greece?” Good question. I frequently ask myself the same question. First, let me start with the “why”. Why have I moved my...
by Dwane | Mar 28, 2017 | Education, Motivation, Travel, Van on the Run
After days of travel, my family and I are settling in at our apartment in Greece. I am going to begin blogging once more. It was my goal to blog every day this year. I lost quite a few days due to travel, but, that’s okay. I will be picking up the pace...
by Dwane | Mar 25, 2017 | Education, Tip of the Week
The famous German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” I love that quote. My favorite part of the quote lies right in the middle. “Begin...
by Dwane | Mar 23, 2017 | Education, Latin
Some time ago, my students and I finished reading First Year Latin by Robert Henle. I used to read this book every year. First things first. Praise where praise is due. First Year Latin by Robert Henle will take you to a New Testament reading level. Sort of. More...
by Dwane | Mar 22, 2017 | Education, Latin
I will be on the road, or in the air, from Wednesday, March 22 to Monday, March 27. I will check email, and I will check my site when I am able. I apologize for the inconvenience. There are NO more scheduled online class breaks. I AM planning to teach classes on...
by Dwane | Mar 18, 2017 | Tip of the Week
Next week, my family and I are flying back to Athens, Greece. Long story short, a local mission organization found out that I possessed a British passport. They needed a European to manage their work among the refugees in Greece. So, they contacted my family, we...
by Dwane | Mar 16, 2017 | Errata, Visual Latin
A student pointed a mistake out to me. I have corrected it. Here is my note to her. Thanks for your help on this. I finally have the time to take a look. For question 24, quod should not be the answer in the answer key. It should be qui. Qui is the masculine...
by Dwane | Mar 15, 2017 | Education, Latin
I really like it when people say nice stuff about my work. It reminds me that the comments on YouTube might not actually be true. Heh. This week, I received this note: “Your site has been a tremendous help and I really appreciate all of your videos etc. Your...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2017 | Education, Latin
Several years ago, I worked my way through the entire podcast series, “The History of Rome” by Mike Duncan. It was excellent. I am planning to go through the series again. In fact, I hope to start again in Greece. I am teaching my way through Hans...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2017 | Latin
I get this question a lot. “Would you recommend Henle or Lingua Latina for new students? ” Here is my reply: If you have the time, I recommend everything. Visual Latin, First Year Latin by Robert Henle, and Lingua Latina. The more you study, the more you...
by Dwane | Mar 11, 2017 | Education
For those interested, the following short video will help you understand the structure of the Roman...
by Dwane | Mar 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
I really hate to say this, but, I am not currently taking on any more students under the grading option. I am maxed out. I simply do not have time to take on new students. In the past, I had two options. $25 a month option grants access to every live class I teach...
by Dwane | Mar 9, 2017 | Greek, Travel, Van on the Run
Dear Friends and Family, You are receiving this letter because I wanted you to hear from me, rather than “through the grapevine”, about an opportunity that God is opening for us to serve in Greece. A year ago, we were able to serve the refugees with Servant Group...
by Dwane | Mar 8, 2017 | Latin
I received this question: Do the kids take LL 2 the next year for Latin 2? With you – of course! Here is my reply: To get into LL 2, students must first be able to read the first 19 chapters. Basically, it is a vocabulary game. Visual Latin teaches students...
by Dwane | Mar 7, 2017 | Education, Latin
If you finish all of Lingua Latina, you will have completed two years of Latin.
