by Dwane | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
A local student is interested in jumping ahead in French. It’s possible. This is how to do...
by Dwane | Jan 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a January long ago, I sent out the first “Tip of the Week”. One of the benefits of doing the same thing over and over again for a long time is this. You begin to develop a reputation. Back when I started doing this, I had to come up with my own tips. These...
by Dwane | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last year I wrote a book on goal setting. I am now in the process of editing that book. As I edit, I will post excerpts here on my blog. This is from chapter four: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Why...
by Dwane | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Exhaust: to drain; to deplete. This morning, in a Latin class, we came across the Latin verb exhaurire. Exhaurire is Latin for drawing out, emptying, or draining. Exhaurire itself is a combination of the preposition ex, meaning ‘out of’ and haurire,...
by Dwane | Dec 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. All during the season of Christmas, we celebrate the most famous birthday of them all, the birthday of Jesus Christ. The question is, did it really happen? Did the son of the Creator come to our planet? Did he live, die, and then live...
by Dwane | Dec 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Snow: small, soft, white flakes of ice falling from the sky. This word has been in our language since the beginning. In Old English, snow was snaw. English is a Germanic language. Finding similar words in the Germanic languages, then, comes as no surprise. German:...
