A note to a discouraged student…

I received this email: I am very worried that I am not doing well with my Latin. Up until around Chapter 32, I can read most of the chapters pretty well, even if I read pretty slowly. But I can hardly read Chapter 32 at all, and I know we’re supposed to be...

 The world is getting better.

I received an interesting question from one of my students. I was at youth group tonight (mine meets on Monday nights) and I was thinking about something that you had said in the Harry Potter class. At least I think it was in the Harry Potter class. Maybe it was...

Yes. This is me.

“Kerri” on Facebook, sent this one to me. Yes.  I so get this.  I throw everything away.  Source of most of the conflict in our home, in...

Should we keep going in Latin?

I received this letter: Comment: Hi, My son is going into ninth grade and is taking Lingua Latina with you. He really enjoys it but also wants to learn other languages. We didn’t do a good job of passing on our Spanish to him and he wants to learn it before he...

Laughter is the best medicine…

A few months ago, my son was in a terrible car accident.  Now, he can’t work, can’t work out, can’t type, and has trouble reading. While he is expected to make a full recovery, he is pretty disappointed while he waits.  He is fighting depression....

Finding Ultra

Several days ago (June 19, 2017) I finished reading Finding Ultra, by Rich Roll. I’ve been wanting to read this book for several years.  Just never could find the time. Then, when my son, Jackson, wrecked in Colorado, I suddenly found myself with the time. I had...