by Dwane | Mar 13, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abstruse: hard to understand, difficult to comprehend. English is the clearest language I have ever studied. But, perhaps that is because I did not study English formally. English teachers, it seems, like to muddy the clear waters with their abstruse writing. ...
by Dwane | Mar 12, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Perfunctory – Done only for the sake of getting rid of the duty. We perform our daily perfunctory tasks with haste and, if possible with minimum effort. For instance, we tend to greet each other with perfunctory greetings. Without genuine interest, we might...
by Dwane | Mar 11, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Years ago, my family was foreclosed on. We ended up living with my wife’s parents for some time. I was a school teacher, earning a teacher’s salary. This is not such a bad thing if you work for the government, but I was a teacher in a private school. We had...
by Dwane | Mar 10, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I am sick and tired. Didn’t want to post the word of the day. Could not think about it. Then, one of my daughters said, “I’ll help you, dad. How about phillumenist?” I had no idea what a phillumenist was. I looked it up. So, here is the word of...
by Dwane | Mar 10, 2015 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this inquiry on Facebook: Hope you’re doing well, and loving the classes! I’m about half way though the Visual Latin Series and had a questions. “Where do we go after?” Do you have any programs for students who complete the 60...
by Dwane | Mar 9, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Latin
I received this comment today. It made me happy. “I’m reading your book, Via, and I’m very impressed. It is a wonderful life-help book and not just for languages. I’ve never been a very disciplined person, so it will take lots of baby steps;...
