by Dwane | Dec 31, 2015 | Education, Greek, Latin, Motivation, Travel, Van on the Run
Καιρός (Kairos) was the Greek god of opportunity. He was the god of favorable moments. He was the god of fortune. According to the Greeks, he only had hair on the front of his head. This gave rise to the saying, “If you happen to see Kairos passing by in the...
by Dwane | Dec 30, 2015 | Education, Greek, Latin
They say there is a recession coming in 2016. I hope not. I have bad memories from the last recession. I’d rather not do that again. I’ve been thinking. If there really is a recession coming, I might as well offer some recession pricing for my online classes. ...
by Dwane | Dec 7, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Logo-maniac: One who is obsessively interested in words. From Greek λόγος (logos) and μανία (mania), meaning: madness. I think this is me. I am not sure that is a good thing….
by Dwane | Nov 20, 2015 | Education, Greek, Vocabulary
The Greek word, Λόγος (lógos) means: word. Sort of. Logos is a bit complicated. There is a lot to it. It can mean any of the following: 1. That which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance. 2. That which is thought: reason, consideration,...
by Dwane | Nov 17, 2015 | Education, English, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
This week (and probably next week) my etymology students and I will study the Greek and Latin words for, well, word. I find it fascinating to take a look at every word we study in about ten different languages. All of these languages are somehow related to our very...
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....
