Self-tutoring about ideas: the tutor mentions ontology. Ontology is a word I met maybe a year back. It’s used by philosophers, religious scholars, and computer scientists, among others. In some circles it’s used all the time, yet seems rarely used …
Self-tutoring about Chrome: the tutor mentions a new feature on it. I often have dozens of tabs open, which of course leads to difficulty finding a certain one. For the past month or two, I’ve been wondering about a “search …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects about elementary school desks. I mention in my post from April 21,2021, about organizing other students’ desks, at the teacher’s order, back in grade 4. Yet, that post rose …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects…. Earlier today I was at the supermarket, picking up a week’s worth of groceries. We’re a family of four, so the cart was getting full. Eggs were on the …
Self-tutoring about nutrition: the tutor mentions some complete protein sources that are vegetarian. I always thought that a combination of plant-based foods is needed to accomplish complete protein. Yet I learn now that some vegetarian foods, just by themselves, can …
Self-tutoring about English sentence structure: the tutor mentions one. She wondered if she’d like mussels; she proceeded to order them. I’d argue the sentence above is correct, but many would call it choppy. I like that jagged style, with less …
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Tutoring English, vocabulary is always important. The tutor brings up the word deterministic. deterministic: predictable in that the same input will lead to the same output. Deterministic is opposite to stochastic. Stochastic means randomness applies, so the output of a …
Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor reflects. A few weeks after I arrived to a big new school in April, grade 4, in the Annapolis Valley, a track meet was scheduled one afternoon. After lunch, we …
Self-tutoring about why hyperglycemia can damage blood vessels: the tutor investigates. Hyperglycemia, which means elevated blood sugar, has long been known to cause damage to blood vessels, but how? A top-down explanation begins as follows: In the cells that line …
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Self-tutoring about insulin sensitivity and exercise: the tutor looks up the connection. An exercise session can increase glucose removal from the blood by 40% or more. Furthermore, improved glucose removal may continue for 48-72hr afterwards. Source: care.diabetesjournals.org