ab irato

by | Aug 28, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary

Ab irato:  From anger.  Ab irato is a legal phrase.  It describes decisions made in anger.  Such decisions (based on hatred, or anger) are frequently detrimental.  Fortunately, heirs have recourse.  They can file a suit against rash action.  The suit is an “ab irato”...

Have I bewildered you as well?

by | Aug 25, 2014 | Education, Latin

I received this email recently: I’m totally confused. During the last school year I purchased Latin 1 and my son started to slowly work through it. (He just finished lesson 10.) At that point I didn’t have a teacher’s guide, tests, or vocabulary...

Considering College? Consider this.

by | Aug 25, 2014 | Education

College, for me, was a waste of time.  I naively did what I was told.  I did what every high school graduate was supposed to do.  I went to college. It was a four year delay of game. There is more information out there now.  It is getting harder to keep the truth...

Abrasion

by | Aug 20, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary

Abrasion: A scrape.  Fall off of a bicycle and you may end up with an abrasion.  Abrasion can also be the act of wearing or rubbing off.  For example: The constant abrasion of chairs left scratches on the hardwood floors.  Abrasion come from the Latin word abradere,...