by Dwane | Jul 12, 2024 | Education, Latin
In Visual Latin, we learned all of Latin grammar. The complicated Latin endings often overwhelm students. For this reason, I filmed a series of videos. In these videos, I show students exactly how to use the complicated Latin charts I created to explain the...
by Dwane | May 13, 2024 | Education, French, Online Classes
I began studying French in 2020. As I have studied French, I have discovered many useful resources. Here, I share them with you. I hope they help you as much as they have helped me. If you are learning French, here are my top recommendations: (Note: Some of the...
by Dwane | Jan 25, 2024 | Ebook, Education, Healthy
Last year I wrote a book on goal setting. I am now in the process of editing that book. As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog. This is from chapter four: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Latin...
by Dwane | Jan 25, 2024 | Education, English, Vocabulary
In a French class this morning, my students and I learned the French word for forget: oublier. We spent a few minutes talking about the word. Oublier, the French verb, comes from the Latin verb meaning the same thing, obliviscor. Forgetful, in Latin, is oblitus....
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2024 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Raining hard in Tennessee today. On days like this my apanthropy usually kicks in. Apanthropy is the desire to be alone, a love of solitude. Apanthropy comes from two Greek words. The preposition ἀπό (apo) means “away from”. Ἄνφροπος (anthropos), which you may...
by Dwane | Dec 19, 2023 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Calendar: a system for measuring the days and months of the year. Calendar comes from the only word in Latin that uses the letter K, Kalendae. The Kalendae, to the Romas, was the first day of the month. It was also the day debts were due and accounts were reckoned....
