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...
by Dwane | Sep 5, 2015 | Education, English, German, Grammar, Latin
I received this email: Yesterday, a tutor talked to the parents about the importance of reviewing English grammar no matter what language they are studying. She told us that our kids can’t give the ‘logical’ grammar terms. For example, verbs...
by Dwane | Sep 5, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Italian, Latin, Spanish
Perhaps you are familiar with the book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch!, by Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch! is the story of an early American merchant who spends quite a bit of his time at sea. As Mr. Bowditch sails around the world selling his wares, he teaches...
by Dwane | Sep 5, 2015 | Education, Greek, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Spanish
Perhaps you are familiar with the book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch!, by Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch! is the story of an early American merchant who spends quite a bit of his time at sea. As Mr. Bowditch sails around the world selling his wares, he teaches...
by Dwane | Sep 4, 2015 | Latin
I received a series of questions about my online classes. Some of you may find this helpful. My answers are going to look like this. Good morning, I am writing to you ask a few questions about your online class for Lingua Latina. My 13-year-old daughter (turns 14 on...
by Dwane | Aug 31, 2015 | Latin
The real reason I abandoned the Restored Classical pronunciation. My greatest problem with the “restored classical pronunciation”, is that its proponents tend to be pushy. They spend a lot of time emphasizing the “correct” pronunciation. They spend a lot...
by Dwane | Aug 25, 2015 | Education, English
I am up late grading student homework right now. In one class, the vocabulary class, I told the students to use English words that came from the Latin word Porto. Porto means “I carry”. This student went above and beyond: 1. The porter did not...
by Dwane | Aug 24, 2015 | Education
I contacted the developers of WP courseware. I want to know from them if it would be possible to register multiple users under one email. Unfortunately, this is not going to be possible. Here is their reply: Unfortunately, this isn’t possible since WordPress...
by Dwane | Aug 24, 2015 | Motivation
I am up late checking emails. I’ll be out for at least another hour or so. One email list I subscribe to is Bob Bly’s list. Just found this fantastic advice from him while plowing through a long list of homeworks to grade: I think everyone who wants...
by Dwane | Aug 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Years ago I worked on a project. I was trying to distill all of the Latin endings into a concise, condensed format. I planned to turn the finished product into a folder my students could use during class. They would have quick reference to all the complicated Latin...
