by Dwane | May 6, 2015 | Education, Greek, Latin, Motivation
Every year, about this time, I get tired. Weary. Blown. I’m going to be honest. I am no big fan of the educational system we have here in America. Sir Walter Scott once said, “All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...
by Dwane | May 6, 2015 | Education, English, Greek
Prognosis: In medicine, the art of foretelling a disease; knowing beforehand the cause of a disease. We can also use the word prognosis to forecast. When it comes to the weather, for example, it is difficult to make an accurate prognosis. Prognosis is “pre-knowledge.”...
by Dwane | May 6, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
Acquaint: to make known; to make familiar Isaiah, prophesying the coming Christ, called him a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Acquaint comes from the Latin preposition ad (to, toward) and the verb cognosco (I know).
by Dwane | May 5, 2015 | Education, Latin
Learn to diagram participle and gerunds while translating from English to Latin! Oh, yeah. That is pretty exciting. For those of you slogging through Robert Henle’s First Year Latin, this video may...
by Dwane | May 5, 2015 | Education, The Future
I keep coming back to a common theme. I grew up with a very negative worldview. The world was getting worse. Crime was on the rise. Wars were on the rise. Poverty, famine, communism, socialism and even totalitarianism was on the rise. George Orwell’s vision...
by Dwane | May 4, 2015 | Education, Latin
I received this question: Which of your fall classes would you recommend that our daughter take next? Is she ready yet for Foundations & Fables? Sorry, I am still confused—I think I need to back up and ask what Latin level she is completing when she is done...
