by Dwane | Dec 29, 2016 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received the following series of questions: Can you give me a little more info about this? How many video lessons per week is it designed for to get through in 1 year? I per day 5 days a week? Or 1 lesson per 5 days of work? Is it sent to our email address? Here is...
by Dwane | Dec 28, 2016 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Is it ok that I can’t translate very well at this point? It will come eventually, right? I just want to know if I am on track OR if should I spend extra time reading Lingua Latina and going over the vocabulary? Here is my reply: Good...
by Dwane | Dec 24, 2016 | Tip of the Week
This Christmas, I am thankful for many things. You are high on the list. A few years ago, I launched my site praying that I could survive for a year. Now, heading into my third year, I am thankful for you. You have kept me going. As you know, I teach Latin online....
by Dwane | Dec 15, 2016 | Education
Last March, my family and I became friends with Joel and Cathy Kramer and their kids. Cathy had wanted to attend a Harry Potter class that I offered in 2015. She was living in Jerusalem at the time and, due to time differences, was not able to attend the class. She...
by Dwane | Dec 12, 2016 | Latin, Motivation, Visual Latin
I received this email over the weekend: “Your classes have been wonderful, and for the first time Latin is actually making since to me and both my children. I am so thankful for you and your resources. Thank you, again, for all that you do because you are...
by Dwane | Dec 12, 2016 | Education, Motivation
I spend a lot of time grading Latin and Greek homework. Every now and then, someone asks… “Why not hire someone to help you?” I have watched business owning friends of mine hire and fire incessantly. No, thanks. I’ll save myself some time...
by Dwane | Dec 10, 2016 | Tip of the Week
This week, one of my students sent this email to me: Hi, Mr. Thomas! “I’m trying out this program called UnrollMe, which is supposed to send you all your subscription emails in one email, at one time, every day. I don’t know how many of those you...
by Dwane | Dec 10, 2016 | Education, Motivation
Sometimes, I really want to sleep in. Usually, I don’t. When I do, I regret it. When my alarm goes off, I have trained myself to think of this quote by C.S. Lewis. “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end...
by Dwane | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once, back when I was teaching in the classroom, my students were laughing at the Romans. They couldn’t believe that the Romans actually worshiped their political leaders. It happened to be just after the 2012 presidential election season. Barack Obama had...
by Dwane | Dec 8, 2016 | Education, Latin
A 15 year-old girl sent a homework assignment to me. Here are the first three questions and answers: 1. Quid fecit Achilles? Hectorum ducem Troianum interfecit atque corpus eius mortuum post currum suum traxit circum moenia Urbis troiae. 2. Quid fecit...
by Dwane | Dec 7, 2016 | Education, Greek, Italian, Vocabulary
A few days ago, one of my kids reminded me of Babadum. How do I forget this stuff? I used to use Babadum. Then I forgot about it. Now it’s back. I am no big fan of flashcards. But, if the flashcards help you with pronunciation, I am a big fan. Babadum is a...
by Dwane | Dec 6, 2016 | Education, Latin
You can join EVERY CLASS I teach with ONE simple subscription option. That’s correct. Subscribe once and you will have access to each and every class I teach. Not only that, all subscriptions are FAMILY subscriptions. Everyone in the family is welcome to enroll. I...
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2016 | Education, Latin
Like over 20 other Americans, I suffer from a desire to reach personal goals. Around this time of year, I start planning the next. William James once said, “Think in the morning. Act in the noon.” I’d like to add one more sentence. “Laugh...
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2016 | Education
by Dwane | Dec 3, 2016 | Latin
Henle Latin is full of some of the most brutal sentences you’ll ever translate. One of my students just included this note to any national security agency might be reading our emails: “To any NSA member reading this, no I’m not a terrorist who...
by Dwane | Dec 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I owned a house with a big backyard and a decent sized front yard. I would spend almost all of my Saturdays mowing, raking, or maintaining that yard. It would sometimes take 8 or 9 hours. My wife and I sold the house and moved into a condominium. We did...
by Dwane | Nov 30, 2016 | Education, Italian, Latin
The other day, I received a sad email. Here it is: I am looking for someone to practise speaking with using the lingua Latina course as the basis.i have had two tutors but I am still not able to speak the language after 11 years of effort. Do your online courses help...
by Dwane | Nov 29, 2016 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Just to clarify: The syllabus schedule would have us meeting, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 and Dec 21, then NOT meeting on Dec 28 & Jan 4. GoToMeeting (and thus my calendar) have us skipping Dec 21 and Dec 28 and then meeting Jan 4. ...
by Dwane | Nov 25, 2016 | Education
Don’t spend all of your money this black Friday. Compass Classroom is about to run a cyber Monday sale. It’s going to look like this: – Visual Latin Set (35% off) – History Set (55% off) – Economics for Everybody (40% off) –...
by Dwane | Nov 19, 2016 | Education, Latin
Not long ago, while I was working online, an advertisement popped up. It posed a simple question. “Which Latin author do you prefer?” The advertisement, in the form of a survey, gave four choices. I could choose Cicero, Ceasar, Virgil, or Livy. I prefer none of...
by Dwane | Nov 19, 2016 | Education, Motivation
When I read, my mind tends to wander. Perhaps you struggle with this as well. I have heard that a speed reading course would help me solve this problem. I have tried unsuccessfully to speed read. I remain a rather slow reader. If you listen to audiobooks, like I...
by Dwane | Nov 16, 2016 | Education, The Future
I am about to start grading a pile of Latin and Greek papers. I hate it. I don’t hate it because of the work it represents. After all, grading papers is a good deal for me. Grading papers makes me very good at Latin and Greek. As I scroll through, looking...
by Dwane | Nov 16, 2016 | Education
I received this question from one of my students: I was wondering, do you enjoy football? Here is my reply: I really do not want to answer this email. Hence, the delay. You likely do not want to hear my response. No. I do not. I consider it barbaric and brutal....
by Dwane | Nov 5, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
Recently, several students sent me some sloppy writing. I had to send them a rather hard email. You may find some helpful tips here. Here’s the email: ================================================= First of all, run everything you write through Grammarly....
by Dwane | Nov 1, 2016 | Education, Latin
This is from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I am in complete agreement. ================================================== I have already mentioned that I had only one year’s instruction in a Latin School, and that when very young, after which I...
