Self-tutoring about geography: the tutor looks at the geographic centre of population in the US. The midpoint of the US, population-wise (as of 2010), is Texas County, Missouri, which is in south-central Missouri, below the Mason-Dixon line. Source: google maps …
Self-tutoring about apps for Linux: the tutor mentions the fun one KolourPaint. When Windows works like it’s meant to, it’s awesome. That’s from a Linux fan, even. One strength of Windows is that many of us learned on it. Since …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions factitious. Factitious means invented, but meant to be real or believed even so. A person may be trying to get a business up and running; if they say it exists before …
Self-tutoring about geography: the tutor looks into the location of Stonehenge. I’ve not been clear on where (in England) Stonehenge is. I’ve come to understand it’s about 120km WSW of London. Source: google maps
Self-tutoring about currencies: the tutor mentions Euro denominations. I noticed, on a news segment, someone counting Euros. Specifically, they were counting €200 notes. I was surprised, since to my knowledge, we don’t have $200 bills. Yet, apparently, there is a …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor looks back on 2021. Thinking back on 2021, two events immediately come to mind: I got vaccinated against COVID in Oct/Nov and Canada had a federal election on Sept 20. …
Self-tutoring about winter living on the west coast: the tutor reflects… When I arrived in Victoria in December ’86, we didn’t have winter – just rain. I think in ’89 we had a cold snap, but in general, down in …
Self-tutoring about children’s books: the tutor mentions one he recently read. I’ve been working on my French lately, so have read a couple of pre-teen level French books over the break. I just finished À la Semaine Prochaine!, by Jacqueline …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions snowmobile boots. When I lived on the base in PEI, grades one to four, the kids there often had the same stuff. It makes sense, of course, that people …
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor makes a couple of mouse observations. I notice that the mouse I use doesn’t seem to work on glossy surfaces, so have wondered why not. The first thing I’ve learned is that, if …