Self-tutoring about “modern” exam rules: how modern are they? In yesterday’s post I mention fondly what final exams were like in my early university days. That degree I finished in 1995. Then, in 2013, I went back. My first exam …
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Self-tutoring about the academic lifestyle: the tutor recalls exam rules. When I was a kid, university exams were serious business. The first couple of years, the finals were often in the gym, with rows and rows of desks filling up …
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Self-tutoring about fitness: the tutor mentions an interesting phenomenon. I’ve had a lifestyle change lately which involves walking, 15min each way, to an assignment. I could get a ride each way, but I don’t, for fear of getting even fatter. …
Self-tutoring about cars from the past: the tutor remembers the Ford Maverick. In the Maritimes from 1970-86, I don’t recall seeing Ford Mavericks very much. However, when I moved to Victoria in 1986, I started seeing a lot of them. …
Self-tutoring about computer science: the tutor mentions a thought about using sorting algorithms. Among comparison sorts, merge sort and quicksort are both, for average case, order nlogn, which seems about the best you can get with comparison sorts. With actual …
Self-tutoring about food: the tutor mentions an interesting preference. When I was a kid, I liked ice cream. Vanilla wasn’t my favourite, but was better than nothing, for sure. When I was about eight I was served yellow ice cream. …
Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions a call he heard. Bird watchers will naturally love the spring because there is so much action. Birds are singing from trees, flying in front of you as you walk…they’re ubiquitous, and trying to …
Self-tutoring about public infrastructure: the tutor contemplates a question he’s often wondered. Ever since I was a kid, they’ve been changing public bathroom soap dispensers. Moreover, the one that comes with the sink is often not used. I’ve often wondered …
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Self-tutoring about business and economics: the tutor mentions Italy. Italy seems to have run a trade deficit in 2022, but a surplus from 2012 until then. In 2020, Italy’s biggest export was packaged medicaments. To my understanding, that means medicines …
Self-tutoring about economics and business: the tutor looks at the difference between balance of trade and balance of payments. The following is my understanding of balance of trade and balance of payments: Balance of trade is contained in balance of …
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