by Dwane | Mar 4, 2017 | Tip of the Week
Years ago, I fell asleep at the wheel. I totaled my car. With my family in it. No one was injured. I thank God every time I think about that night. It should not have happened. I will do everything in my power to ensure it never happens again. My son and I are...
by Dwane | Mar 3, 2017 | Education, Grammar, Latin
I received this question: Hello Mr. Thomas, I have a very basic question. I think I’ve asked you this before but I can’t find the email. Somehow I have a mental block about this: When you have a noun which you must decline why doesn’t the adjective...
by Dwane | Mar 2, 2017 | Latin, Travel, Van on the Run
I will be on the road for the next few days. My son is touring with the Rock and Worship roadshow (as a photographer). I will be hanging out in local Starbucks coffee shops. Trying to catch up on emails. On March 2 (today), if you are near 29th & Rock, 3000...
by Dwane | Mar 1, 2017 | Greek
I received this email: First, thanks for all of your inspirational emails. They always make my homeschooling day. : ) I have a few questions for you regarding learning Greek…. When my daughter was in seventh grade she was interested in learning Greek. I did some...
by Dwane | Feb 28, 2017 | Education, Greek
My son is moving out to California for a bit for work. He and I will be driving out there starting March 1. There will be no classes on March 7 and March 8 as a result. I apologize. If you don’t like spring break, you are welcome to watch the classes from...
by Dwane | Feb 25, 2017 | Latin, Online Classes, Q&A
I received a series of questions. Here is the first one. This may apply to many of you: I would like to enroll my son in your 2017-18 Henle Latin course with grading. Here’s my first reply: Unfortunately, I am not currently accepting new students whose work...
by Dwane | Feb 25, 2017 | Education, Motivation
I received this comment: I’m so sorry to hear about your technical challenges lately. I hope your work is coming together better now. Just dropping a note to see if in one of your blog posts you could address how your family homeschool and what things you value...
by Dwane | Feb 24, 2017 | Education, Latin
I received this question: We are already using the History course (streaming subscription) and I planned on adding Visual Latin for my son. What material will I need to purchase to make this class a success? I see a few items mentioned such as a Latin dictionary, etc....
by Dwane | Feb 23, 2017 | Education, Motivation
Just got back from the theater. I hope you had the chance to watch the new documentary, “Is Genesis History?” It’s good. I enjoyed it. Naturally, I most enjoyed the section on Genesis 10. May write more about it tomorrow. If there is an encore...
by Dwane | Feb 22, 2017 | Motivation
I am pretty tired these days. My site was attacked on Friday. That’s all cleaned up now, but I am tired. And, now I have an incredible amount of work to catch up on. Just at the right time, this note showed up: I am in your Henle class, though doing most...
by Dwane | Feb 21, 2017 | Education
Last Friday, my site was invaded. Someone was sending slightly flirtatious messages to my students via the forums on my site. The forums are still down, and will remain down for some time. I am not sure when they will be back up. I continue to work on them and I...
by Dwane | Feb 20, 2017 | Education
Hi, guys. As many of you know, my site was attacked on Friday. It’s been 18 hour days for me ever since. Now my students are denied access when they try to log in. I am doing every thing I can and will continue to do so. I sincerely apologize for this....
by Dwane | Feb 18, 2017 | Tip of the Week
This is less a tip of the week, and more an apology. Back when I started my site, I didn’t have the money to hire anyone. So, I designed my site myself. You can probably tell just by looking at it. I set out to design a beautiful, sleek, muscular stallion....
by Dwane | Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hi, Everyone! It looks like someone tried to hack my site this morning. My site is secured by WP Engine. You can check them out here: Home WP Engine and I have been working on this issue since early this morning. I have temporarily closed down all forums. I have...
by Dwane | Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Guys, It appears my site was hacked a few hours ago. If you get a message from “Lucy” just ignore it. Working right now to fix this. Dwane
by Dwane | Feb 16, 2017 | The Future
When I was a kid, flying cars were a fantasy. Every year, companies push that fantasy closer. Here is the latest. Would you ride around in this? https://youtu.be/1iyCgy1juHc Remember these guys? They had it all. Flying cars. Robot servants. 3-D printed food....
by Dwane | Feb 15, 2017 | Latin
Earlier this year, this was posted on my site. I couldn’t have said it better: As a recovering Henle student, I also encourage the Lingua Latina book. My sons and I switched over to Lingua Latina after one year of tedious struggle with Henle. Lingua Latina is...
by Dwane | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Dwane | Feb 13, 2017 | Education, Greek, Italian, Latin
I will be finalizing my schedule soon, but it will likely be something like this: (All times are in the Central Time Zone) Tuesdays 9 AM: Latin 1: Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg chapters 1 – 19 10 AM: Latin 2: Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg chapters – 34 11...
by Dwane | Feb 11, 2017 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
We humans are pretty funny. If our bosses told us to take a day off, we would praise our bosses to the heavens. When the King of the heavens tells us to take a day off, we protest. Don’t tell us what to do! Among the Ten Commandments, we find this: Remember...
by Dwane | Feb 10, 2017 | Education, Latin, Online Classes, Q&A
I received this question: I have a question regarding Henle 1. My 13-year-old is taking Latin 1 through a Homeschool Community this year. They are covering Units 1-5 this year and will be covering Units 6-14 next year. However, I am anticipating a change in our...
by Dwane | Feb 9, 2017 | Education, Motivation, The Future
According to Voddie Baucham, school does a great job teaching at least one skill. School teaches children to stand in line. My wife and I homeschool our children. We do it for many reasons. Reason #1? Freedom. I pay my taxes. I understand that, as an American, I...
by Dwane | Feb 8, 2017 | Motivation
We don’t have television or cable service in our home. We never have. Now and then my kids will end up watching a show or two at a friends house. They really like the show, Let’s Make a Deal. If you have ever seen the show, you know that contestants may...
by Dwane | Feb 7, 2017 | Greek, Italian, Latin, Motivation
I am learning Italian for two reasons. First, I am learning Italian to master Latin pronunciation. Second, I am learning Italian because… I want to learn Italian. Back to the first reason. When I was first learning Latin, I looked high and low for a...
by Dwane | Feb 6, 2017 | Education, Latin, Motivation, Online Classes
I received this email: I am wondering if you can think of some options I may have with my son. He just won’t do the work. I was hoping the live class would be motivating for him but he refuses to participate and I have found him looking at the answers to do the work...
