if you want to learn to do it without tools (keeping in mind it takes a lot of maintenance to keep up your skills), it has that option as well
I'm currently teaching using his book
It's pretty easy to follow, and one could likely just read the book and do the workbook without the lectures in my opinion
but having them is helpful for those who prefer that route of learning
I don't like lectures that rehash what I've already read
and a word of warning: Greek sort of never makes sense when you're learning it, but once you have all of the information, it clicks when you go back through the material
all students I've been in class with and taught usually agree
so it seems like an uphill battle, but it will click for you!
just persevere and you'll get over the hills
before you know it, you'll have a mountaintop view
@JackDouglas I've been trying to upvote more as well. I feel like it's pulling teeth to get rep around here anymore
we're getting a lot better at DVs than upvotes
at the same time, I can see why
because folks have a high standard, and many answers are mostly opinion
the problem is that at a certain level of effort, you might as well not answer here but rather submit your response to a journal
and if you're an academic, you're under pressure to do this
then after you get published, you can come back and cite yourself
but we'd like to see that level of effort in responses, or just under it at least