by Dwane | Oct 2, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this comment: We ordered the Visual Latin program and love it. I would appreciate a phone call or phone number to contact someone and ask about recommend methods for memorizing the case endings. Here is my reply: I wish there were an easy answer to this....
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
I received this email: Hi there, I ran across your blog in my internet search for “Henle Latin diagram answers” I am a Classical Conversations Challenge A tutor and learning Latin right along with my students this year. I am struggling because the...
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: I bought Visual Latin for my 6th grader. He is really enjoying the classes. I find that as we move on in the lessons he is not getting enough practice from only 1 worksheet per lesson to understand the concept. Are there more practice...
by Dwane | Oct 1, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this series of questions: I am a bit confused about the comment on page 6 under the Heading #4 in the Visual Latin teacher’s guide, “Tests are designed to be used only with VL after completing all three sections. If you are using Lingua Latina,...
by Dwane | Sep 29, 2015 | The Future, Travel
I am sadly watching Europe collapse. Europe is home to me. Born in Oxford, and raised primarily in England, Holland, and Germany, I can’t wait to get back. I work hard. In many ways, I work hard so that I can afford to go back. I miss home. This letter made...
by Dwane | Sep 28, 2015 | Education, Motivation
For years, I have subscribed to Bob Bly’s newsletter. Now and then, I think of unsubscribing. After all, I get about 100 emails a day. I try to respond to all of them. It would be nice to receive only 99. Just when I am about to unsubscribe, he does...
by Dwane | Sep 28, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: My daughter is doing Challenge 1 with Classical Conversations. Is there a way for her to purchase the video lessons of your classes. Would that be auditing the class? We have also purchased VL – which we all LOVE – and that...
by Dwane | Sep 26, 2015 | Latin
I received this email: I have a couple questions for you. My son is only completing the exercise you give for homework. He’s not learning vocabulary or grammar rules. My daughters are always meticulous with Latin writing everything down. They do pretty well in...
by Dwane | Sep 26, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this email. We are super struggling with Henle. Obviously, we are in a CC community, and I’ve tutored for many years. But all four of my boys, along with me, are stuck on verbs. Am considering ditching Henle and simply doing VL only. Am sure...
by Dwane | Sep 26, 2015 | Latin
I received this inquiry: I have been interested in my 15 y/o daughter taking a Latin class with you. Her past experience has been a smorgasbord of Latin books. She did Henle in a Challenge A class 2 years ago (with some basics in CC Foundations prior to that) and then...
by Dwane | Sep 24, 2015 | Latin
For all of my online students: Don’t take this the wrong way. I need to give you some “homework” instructions. First of all, say “Hi” to me. 🙂 Second, always send your work to me as a personal email, never as an attachment. Makes things much faster on my end....
by Dwane | Sep 24, 2015 | Latin, Vocabulary
I haven’t posted the “word of the day” for so long. I’ve missed it. I made a mistake. I offered reasonably priced Latin and Greek classes online. Not only were the classes reasonably priced, there is also an unconditional, no questions...
by Dwane | Sep 22, 2015 | Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I received this question: I would like to be able to watch the recorded classes on my iPad, but I don’t see a place to log in when I am on a mobile device. Is that possible? Here is my reply: As for mobile, many of my students are having trouble with that, too....
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Are your friends lying, too? I often hear people say, “I don’t watch much T.V.” I don’t believe it. According to a recent article, they are lying. On average, Americans spend 34 hours a week watching live television. I hope you are not among...
by Dwane | Sep 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
I received this email: Hi Dwane, Thank you for utilizing your gifts to teach Latin. I know Ruby emailed you this morning to express her gratitude and I must say it’s huge for her to have anything but dread and feelings of inadequacy with Latin! There is...
by Dwane | Sep 17, 2015 | Vocabulary
One of my online students used the word “circumnavigate” in a sentence. “He decided to Circumnavigate the globe despite the fact the Motorcycles do not float.” Here is my reply: What are you talking about? Have you not seen this:...
by Dwane | Sep 17, 2015 | Latin
I received this note yesterday from an online student: When my mom read me something on your website, it said that it makes Latin fun… I could not imagine Latin being fun at the time! I have taken two years of Henle Latin, let’s just say it has not be on...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2015 | Latin
An online student wants to know: I have issues when I have to translate from English to Latin. Is that bad? Will it be ok? Here is my reply: I tell my students there are four stages of learning Latin. First, you just listen. You are trying to learn how to pronounce...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2015 | Latin
I received this question: We have a question about the recorded lessons…it seems that the families that signed up for this audit option are able to access the graded quiz at the end of the lessons…AND they must submit it before they can move on to the...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2015 | Latin
I received this question: Good Morning! I have your Visual Latin 1. My boys, high school age, are using it this year. In the Teacher’s Guide there is a sample HS schedule. What do they ‘listen’ to on Day 1? What is ‘reading’ on Day 2 and...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2015 | Latin
One of my online students (Henle 2) sent me some tough questions. I have another question. On page 321 in Henle Latin 2 in Exercise 18, the instructions say to “identify these forms.” What exactly do they mean by that? And what is the difference between...
by Dwane | Sep 15, 2015 | Errata, Latin
I received this email: I have a question about the VL1 Quiz 17. Can you explain questions 44 and 45? Both my boys answered “b” for each question. according to the quiz answers, it should be “a.” however, they seem to mean the same thing to me....
by Dwane | Sep 14, 2015 | Latin
During the school year, a typical day, for me, starts at 4 a.m. and ends at 11 p.m. I do this 6 days a week. I got the idea from Exodus 20, verse 9. The book was written by a pretty famous success writer. Why would I do this? I do it so that I can take care of my...
by Dwane | Sep 8, 2015 | Education, Motivation
Without going into too much detail, I received a disheartening email yesterday. One of my online students is a homeschool student. But, she is not a Christian. Her parents are homeschooling her simply because they believe homeschooling is better for their daughter....
by Dwane | Sep 7, 2015 | Education, Latin
So many of my students have asked for the Latin charts I use in class. I am a slow learner. It took me a while to turn the charts into a download. I do not celebrate government holidays. Since, nearly everyone else does, no one wanted to drop their kids off at school...
