Large-scale education

by | Jun 7, 2016 | Education

“Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions isn’t a coincidence—it was an investment in our economic future. The plan: trade short-term child-labor wages for longer-term productivity by giving kids a head start in doing...

Caesar’s Gallic Bore

by | Jun 4, 2016 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week

The other day, this comment popped up on my YouTube account: “I’m currently in my second year of Latin and so far I know a lot about the Romans slaughtering the Gauls…annnd beautiful words such as caedis and occiderunt :)” In case you are...

What if we told students the truth?

by | May 29, 2016 | Education

Once again, I am reading Seth Godin’s book, Stop Stealing Dreams.  Once again, I am kicking myself for not reading it every  month. Here is chapter 26.  It’s short.  It’s worth your time.  Any emphasis is mine....

Final Grades

by | May 27, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin

My online classes officially ended last Thursday morning at 2 a.m. Five years ago, I started teaching online.   Because I was in the classroom all day long, I could only teach in the afternoons and evenings.   When I moved my family to Greece, those...

Grading?

by | May 27, 2016 | Education, Latin

 I received this question: What exactly is “grading”?  Is it automated? What is graded?  Or is it an end of class grade? Here’s my reply: I have added dozens of quizzes to my site, and will soon be adding more.   These quizzes are automatically...