by Dwane | Dec 19, 2024 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
Whew. I have not posted on my blog in months. I miss it. I miss writing. I am not currently teaching any classes. Christmas break. This is giving me time to catch up, and time to start blogging again. It’s been a wild year for me. In February, Google shut...
by Dwane | Nov 14, 2024 | Latin, Motivation, Online Classes, Q&A
by Dwane | Oct 6, 2023 | Education, French, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Spanish
I received this question. It sparked a short correspondence between us Good afternoon and thank you for your resources! What is the most important/significant material to glean from Virgil’s Aeneid, from a grammar and/or rhetoric perspective? I am leading a...
by Dwane | Oct 5, 2023 | Education, Motivation
I received this comment from an online student: Hi Magister, This was triggered by “If you come to Latin class every day for 30 minutes you will learn Latin…” I heard an interesting quote on a different definition of intelligence. The speaker did not...
by Dwane | Sep 22, 2023 | Motivation
The other day, I ran across my new favorite French proverb. Not that I had a favorite French proverb before. But, that’s not the point. Qui s’instruit sans agir laboure sans semer. Whoever learns without action, plows without sowing. For a while, I have...
by Dwane | Aug 26, 2023 | Ebook, Motivation
Health and fitness are foundational Have you ever heard of the fitness brand ASICS? ASICS is an acronym for an old Latin acronym. It stands for Anima Sana In Corpore Sana. In English, it means a sound mind in a fit body. Like it or not, we need to prioritize our...
