by Dwane | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Inspired by the electoral race in the U.S., I decided to take a year off. A year off from media, that is. No television. No radio. No online news. As Tim Ferris puts it, I am on an “information diet”. I made this decision in November. By November,...
by Dwane | Jan 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have decided to offer a National Latin Exam preparation class. During this class, we will practice taking the National Latin Exam together. Students will have the opportunity to ask specific questions during class. Classes will meet once a week during the spring...
by Dwane | Dec 29, 2016 | Italian, Latin, Uncategorized
I received this question: So what do you recommend after we have completed Latin 2?? Here is my reply: Ah. What a question. This rant may help: https://dwanethomas.com/world-world-winning/ And, this page may help: https://dwanethomas.com/?s=after+Visual+Latin There...
by Dwane | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once, back when I was teaching in the classroom, my students were laughing at the Romans. They couldn’t believe that the Romans actually worshiped their political leaders. It happened to be just after the 2012 presidential election season. Barack Obama had...
by Dwane | Dec 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I owned a house with a big backyard and a decent sized front yard. I would spend almost all of my Saturdays mowing, raking, or maintaining that yard. It would sometimes take 8 or 9 hours. My wife and I sold the house and moved into a condominium. We did...
by Dwane | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
I received this question: Hi Mr. Thomas! I’m really struggling with Roma Aeterna because I haven’t done Lingua Latina in the past, so the vocabulary is really hard for me to get. I’ve already taken Henle 1 and 2 as two years of studying Latin for High School. I...
