by Dwane | Apr 29, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
The other day, my daughters received some advice from their piano teacher. “Practice piano just before bed,” she told them. She then explained that their brains would review the skill while they slept. You can use the same technique while learning Latin....
by Dwane | Apr 28, 2016 | Education, Greek, Latin
Warning: For the first time ever, due to popularity, I am limiting the number of students whose work I will grade.
by Dwane | Apr 27, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
In class yesterday, we looked at the Greek word for fear, phobia. There are, of course, so many English words derived from this Greek word. This one, though, I found particularly fascinating. Toxicophobia: the fear of poison; A morbid fear of poisons, or the fear of...
by Dwane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: fear of long words. 🙂 From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum (monster) and a misspelled form of hippopotamus. The hippo and monstro part were added to exaggerate the length of the word...
by Dwane | Apr 23, 2016 | Education, Latin, Tip of the Week
This is more of a rant than a “tip of the week”. Every year I take students through Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Every year I ask myself, “Why am I doing this to these poor students? And, Why am I doing this to myself?” I personally am...
by Dwane | Apr 18, 2016 | Education, Motivation, Van on the Run
Let me ask a question. Did you take a bunch of tests and quizzes in school? Here is another question. Did those tests and quizzes prepare you for life? I took a bunch of tests and quizzes in school. Over time, I became quite good at taking tests. Then, I graduated....
