Oracle Tutoring: Fall 2021
Considering fall tutoring? The tutor mentions some details…. Fall 2021, Oracle Tutoring will continue with the online format. Price: $50/hr, one-on-one Subjects: math, sciences, English Students of all ages welcome.
Bible study: does Jesus encourage science?
Self-tutoring about the Bible: the tutor mentions a quote that may clarify Jesus’s position about science. Test all things; hold fast to that which is good. (1 Thessalonians, 5:21) Only a teacher who truly supports science will make the above …
Retrospect: my sister’s preschool
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects… My sister is two years younger than I am. Nowadays, who cares? However, when we arrived on the base in PEI, she was 4 and I was 6. It …
Bible study: what does holocaust mean?
Self-tutoring about the Bible and terms therein: the tutor mentions the term holocaust. Holocausts appears in the Douay-Rheims version of Maccabees I: therein, it refers to burnt offerings. The term holocaust evolves from the Greek one holokauston, which originates from …
Materials: what makes paper glossy?
Self-tutoring about materials: the tutor mentions what is added to paper to make it glossy. Clay minerals, and potentially ground limestone as well, are coated onto paper to make it glossy. They are bound to the paper with organic molecules. …
Election 2021: Voting
Self-tutoring about the current election and advance voting: the tutor relates… My 19-yr-old son is interested in this election. Yesterday was his first chance ever to vote, and he seized it. So doing, he mobilized my wife and me as …
Health: escape mutation
Self-tutoring about health terminology: the tutor mentions the concept of escape mutation. An escape mutation is a difference to a virus that allows it to “escape” the effect of antibodies expected to work against it. The escape mutation may be …
Canada, Election 2021: PPC
Self-tutoring about Canadian politics: the tutor mentions a party that seems on the rise. I like democracy and I like respect for personal rights – freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, etc. I like truth, as well. …
Autos: 2007 Jeep Liberty: overdrive?
Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor makes an observation. I noticed a button on the driver side of the shifter knob on a 2007 Jeep Liberty. (It’s automatic, but I’ll still call it the “shifter knob.”) I’ve never used the button, …
Autos: speedometer works even in reverse
Self-tutoring about cars and driving: the tutor mentions a surprise. For some reason, I’ve been wondering for a while now if the speedometer on a typical car works in reverse. I’ve been guessing “no,” since I can’t see a purpose …
Word: separating paragraphs
Self-tutoring about Word: the tutor makes an observation. In my experience, in Word, for two paragraphs to behave as if they’re distinct, there must be a Return keystroke between them, and not Shift-Return.