Why I do what I do….

I received this note from the parent of an online student: Thank you so much!  As someone who is part of my “educational team” for my kids, you should know my daughter received a Gold Summa Cum Laude award this evening for her NLE this year. She missed 3...

Life is slowly returning to a normal state for my family. Back to work.    Last week, Classical Conversations asked for an article from me. Here it is: ================================================= A few weeks ago life for me turned upside down. My family and I...

Cops in Athens, Cops in Franklin, Cops in the classroom.

This is going to get weird.  Hang in there with me.  Hopefully, it will all make sense. I have been studying Latin for 20 years.  I still get the endings wrong.  It’s ridiculous. Here is part of the problem… and, I think it’s a big part of the...

Grading is time-consuming

I received this comment: Please add me to the waiting list.  I think it would be worth triple the money (although I’m not saying j could pay that. Lol). I can imagine it takes forever to grade. Here is my reply: Got it!  You are on the list.  Still working on a...

Book Review #5: First Year Latin by Robert Henle

Some time ago, my students and I finished reading First Year Latin by Robert Henle. I used to read this book every year. First things first.  Praise where praise is due. First Year Latin by Robert Henle will take you to a New Testament reading level.  Sort of.  More...