by Dwane | May 12, 2015 | Latin, Motivation
I received this inquiry: “I know the Henle Latin class is going to carry over into the summer or Fall, which also leads me to the question: when do you plan to have the class which finishes the Henle Latin 1 book? How many weeks/classes will it be?” Here...
by Dwane | May 11, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I’ve been silent for a few days. Have not posted the word of the day. There is a reason. It’s a good one. I’ve been hiding out. I was nervous. My anatidaephobia had flared up again. Anatidaephobia derives from the Latin word for duck, anas and the...
by Dwane | May 7, 2015 | Education, English, Latin
My First Year Henle students and I are finishing up a year-long online course. It’s been a slog. This just is not the most exciting Latin book. We were never really able to complete the English to Latin exercises. This summer, in preparation for next year, I...
by Dwane | May 6, 2015 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
I received this inquiry: If we took VL 1 this year (30 lessons), can my student take the online Latin II or should we take online Latin I ? Just wondering because the chapters covered in LL Online I are fewer than those covered in in VL I. Hi! It all depends on the...
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, 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).