The Bible. :) Our Young Folks' Josephus is also good.

I know I read about this topic recently somewhere online, but I can't remember if it was here, and a search doesn't turn anything obvious. Please feel free to link me to relevant discussions if this is a repeat. :) Has anyone successfully switched to drinking coffee (other than espresso) black? I currently drink half-and-half in mine, but I go through a frightening amount of the white stuff. I'm not phobic about animal fats, but I'd rather not drink my calories. I'm willing to divert the funds currently spent on cream toward better coffee. Can you coffee mavens offer any recommendations?

Because I haven't been invited to your neck of the woods yet! ;)

I think I'd look pretty silly in a denim jumper. ;) What's the dad equivalent? Overalls? Utilikilt? :D

There's a s/o here, but I was also interested to know what most people do. :) Poll in the works...

This is my favorite.

This is why I wrote a letter instead of calling. :glare:

Yes, that's right. :) In practice, most of them can be assumed to be masculine unless the modifiers or context indicate otherwise.

Anecdotal evidence here, but most of the people we know who are of mixed race refer to themselves as "bi-racial." The only person I know who doesn't is a woman whose father is Puerto-Rican but who grew up in Maine in an otherwise totally Anglo culture. She feels no special connection to her father's heritage; it doesn't figure enough into her identity to matter to her.

Sorry about that. It looks like you can't link directly to it. If you go to merriam-webster.com/dictionary and enter "heads-up" in the search box, it will come up. Both the adjective and the noun have hyphens.

Merriam-Webster gives heads-up.

Common nouns can refer to either a male or a female person, e.g., poeta, poet. So you could have "hic poeta" (this poet, m.) or "haec poeta" (this poet, f.). Does that help?

I voted for 'Orchard House' but it was really a toss up between that and Plumfield. Both are nice homey names. :)

Our apartment is small enough that we have to keep it reasonably clean and tidy or it's unlivable for us. The single biggest task would be getting dd's room presentable; I can clean the whole rest of the house in the time it takes her to pick up her room. :glare:

If you want a grammar-based program, I would go with Henle or possibly Latin Prep. Henle moves more slowly at the beginning, so it might be a better choice for a 6th grader. HTH!

I don't see any need for children to use computers below junior high age, whether at home or in school.

I had this happen with an item last year. You can contact them and have the replace the book. They did want to see a picture of the damage, including the box, before I shipped the book back, but they did replace the book promptly after that.

I didn't get my license until I was 20, and my dw didn't get hers until she was in her late 20s. Most of my friends growing up didn't get theirs until they absolutely needed to get to work on their own (after high school); insurance was just too expensive. I have friends in their 30s and 40s who've never learned to drive; they live in big cities where owning and parking a car is a major hassle and expense. In other words, I wouldn't sweat it.

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What textbook is she using?

Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to do distribution myself and so offer discounts to resellers. If a store wants to buy the book, they will have to pay full price to Lulu and then mark the book up to make a profit. I know that's not ideal, but I just can't buy, store, and ship books myself. That's why I went with a print-on-demand service rather than setting myself up as a small press. :) For now, unless you're in Australia and want to order from Adnil Press, Lulu is, and will likely remain, the only place to get the book.

Lingua Latina would fit the bill for that age. If you want to use it as a reading supplement, you wouldn't need the exercise workbook, just the "Familia Romana" textbook and a copy of Jeanne Neumann's College Companion (for your reference). I've used it with students as young as 10; for a beginner, I aim to get through 6-8 chapters in the first year, but that is as a full course. The important thing, if you want to get the most out of the book, is not to translate. Some mental translation is probably inevitable in the beginning, but the goal is to be able to read Latin fluently, understanding the content without the interference of English. So resist the temptation to translate! You'll find that Oerberg has set things up so that the student can make direct connections between Latin words and the things they refer to, rather than an English translation. It's well worth reading some of the background to the method in this book. Enjoy!

They are now part of popular educational wisdom across the board (not just the boards!). In the video I mentioned, Willingham answers the question "why, if this theory is wrong, does it seem so right?" I think he's spot on in his analysis. At base, we want to understand why some students do better than others. That simple fact offends our egalitarian, democratic sensibilities. If we can say that so-and-so can't do math but he's got "great interpersonal intelligence" (i.e., he's a nice guy), we don't have to feel like we - or he - failed.

Very possibly. :) The short, practical application of Willingham's ideas: Teach to the natural modality of the subject, not to the student's preferences. That's not always as obvious as it seems: I have to remind people that Latin is a language, meaning that it is best learned using all of the natural language modalities, including listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. Same with poetry: if you're not reading it aloud, you're missing something very important. Music is naturally auditory, but if you are learning to play an instrument, there is a large kinesthetic component as well. If you want an interesting (and, I think, correct) take on multiple intelligences and academics, Charles Murray's Real Education is the book to read.

I always trot this article out when this subject comes up, but I think it's an important one: Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Do Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners Need Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Instruction? The author has a web site that touches on many facets of education. His video (free) "Learning Styles Don't Exist" should be required viewing in every ed-school classroom, imnsho. ;)