Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls two of his classmates. I don’t know who learns more about people – someone who moves around every few years or someone who stays put. I suspect, however, that …
Tutoring English, vocab is always important. The tutor mentions impassive. impassive: revealing no emotional response. I may’ve seen the word impassive more often in past decades than today. Yet, I observe impassivity in people more often now than then. Source: …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor begins about silicone. From what I’ve read, food-grade silicone won’t burn or melt under normal cooking conditions. Moreover, it’s microwave safe. Determining whether a given product is food-grade silicone may be another matter, which I’m …
Self-tutoring about the garage door: the tutor mentions a resource. The overhead door started squeaking, so I decided to look on YouTube for some ideas about how to lubricate it. I came across this helpful resource on YouTube. I ended …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor is thankful for shared insight from a senior US defence official. Apparently, a senior official from US defence, speaking anonymously, of course, has offered the following insight: Russia’s motive for invading the Ukraine seems to …
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Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor is happy to announce that the varied thrush is back. Especially this time of year, the varied thrush is recognizable by its song: a long single note that might continue for five seconds of more. …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions execrable. execrable: very poor quality: very difficult to endure because it’s so bad. Source: Mish, Frederick C. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. dictionary.cambridge.org
Tutoring chemistry, principles and materials are both important. The tutor mentions bone char. Bone char is charcoal that results from heating bone. Said charcoal can then be crushed to be used for filtering impurities from other products. Source: britannica.com britannica.com …
Tutoring chemistry, ancient processes are interesting. The tutor begins about smelting. Smelting is the process of turning ore into pure metal. In simple terms, ore is how it’s found naturally; the pure metal is what’s useful. Gold is exceptional in …
Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor mentions the last car that came with a carburetor (in the US). To me, it’s not so much which car, but when: the last production car sold with a carburetor in the US was in …