Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions pert. I recall Pert shampoo appearing when I was in elementary school. I always wondered if pert is a standalone word. It turns out that pert can mean “bold”, “lithe”, or …
Tutoring a language, you reflect on difference in usage. The tutor makes an observation. When I was a kid (in the Maritimes), and a day in winter was surprisingly warm and pleasant, an adult would describe it as “mild.” Kids …
Self-tutoring about texting: the tutor mentions a facilitation technique. Sometimes a person might want to text a word that the texting software anticipates will be different. Furthermore, correcting the word to what the sender wishes may not be very convenient. …
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Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions suss. Me and the boys thought we had it sussed -Rod Stewart, “I Was Only Joking” I heard that lyric as a kid, and assumed sussed must mean “figured out,” but …
Self-tutoring about terms in biology: the tutor mentions neoplasm. Neoplasm: a tumor. -plasm can be thought of as a “region of life.” Source: dictionary.com dictionary.com
Self-tutoring about household chemistry: the tutor mentions a reaction. Pretty commonly, people know that when you mix baking soda (aka sodium bicarbonate aka NaHCO3) with an acid such as lemon juice or vinegar, you get lots of bubbles because they …
Tutoring computer science, terms arise. The tutor mentions memoization. Let’s imagine a function called F1. Let’s further imagine that F1 uses a lot of resources – calls to it take a lot of computation power. In such a situation, you …
Self-tutoring about messages and humour from popular culture: the tutor discusses a gem from Hotels.com A recent ad on YouTube has me laughing, simply because of the incredible content it delivers in maybe 30 seconds. I’m sure many of my …
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Tutoring chemistry, everyday applications come up. The tutor mentions one. I’ve oft heard people mention mixing vinegar and baking soda together to make a household cleaner. That sounds counterintuitive to me, and here’s why: What makes baking soda a cleaner …
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Tutoring computer science, terms are important. The tutor mentions type parameter. The motivation for a type parameter is easiest to imagine with a strongly typed language like Java. Typically, such a language insists on knowing the type of an argument …