by Dwane | Jul 23, 2016 | Tip of the Week
Every year, I teach Latin to hundreds of students using video conferencing technology. It costs about $2,000 a year. In the 1980’s I would have paid around $250,000 to purchase a video conferencing system from Compression Labs. Since I would have only been...
by Dwane | Jul 16, 2016 | Tip of the Week
One of my daughters reads a lot. She has a problem. The more she reads, the more she wants to read. Sometimes she has a hard time deciding which book to read next. Last week she told me that she had solved her problem. Whenever she comes across a book she wants to...
by Dwane | Jul 9, 2016 | Tip of the Week
I didn’t send a tip of the week last Saturday because… reasons. After four months away, my family and I are home now. I went to see if I could teach online from overseas. The experiment worked. Before leaving I was warned by many. Don’t do it....
by Dwane | Jun 25, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
There are only two full-sized Parthenon’s in the world. One is in Athens. It’s the original. Perhaps you have heard of it. The other Parthenon is located in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s close to my home. Greece has taught me much over the last...
by Dwane | Jun 18, 2016 | Education, Tip of the Week
I am not personally a big fan of buying stuff. Especially stuff I don’t need. But, to do a job well, sometimes you need certain tools. I don’t mind buying the tools necessary to get the job done. The problem is, sometimes I am not exactly sure what...
by Dwane | Jun 11, 2016 | Education, Motivation, Tip of the Week
For seven years, or so, I spent evenings and Saturdays behind one of these: This outdoor leaf vacuum was part of one of the odd jobs I took. I took on many odd jobs to rescue my family from financial ruin. You see, for years, I had a bad financial habit. I taught in...
