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.
by Dwane | Mar 6, 2017 | Italian, Travel
I am likely going to begin taking tours to Italy at some point in the near future (2018…. maybe?). Rick Steves has been taking tours to Italy for years and years. Here, he and a few friends explain the daily chaos that is Italy....
