Self-tutoring about new beginnings and computers: the tutor mentions one. I’ve a Windows 10 computer from 2017. It didn’t work very well when I first got it, but then had its good times. In mid December it went from working …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a colourful character. “Did ya murderize it?” So queried an 8 year old kid when I was 7. He wasn’t talking to me, but to one of our group. …
Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions a “new” word. granularity: how small the units of information are that a description considers. Granularity can be seen as how thorough a description is: a report with more granularity will include more details. …
Self-tutoring about electrical terminology: the tutor mentions the difference between “grounded” and “grounding”. As I understand, grounded refers to the return line of a circuit. When the circuit is being used, current will flow through the grounded wire, but it’s …
Self-tutoring about aptitude for life: the tutor recalls some people he never knew. Years ago, when we were new to this neighbourhood, the kids were born – one in 2002, the other, in 2004. I took them out for walks …
Self-tutoring about Christmas traditions: the tutor mentions how he kept one this year. I mention in my Christmas post from 2019 a tradition of last minute shopping at the drugstore. I continued the tradition yesterday evening. There were a few …
Self-tutoring about past events: the tutor mentions an afternoon in winter 1977. Back in PEI, living on the base outside Summerside, we could get some big snows. On the weekends, kids would roam the base looking for the best snowbanks, …
Self-tutoring about past events and situations: the tutor mentions one that’s intrigued him. One morning in December 2006 I was out with my younger son for a walk in the woods. It was sunny and cold, with about an inch …
Self-tutoring about effects from sun: the tutor asks a question he thought he knew the answer to. Apparently, yes, you can get sunburned through a window. The reason is that UV from the sun includes more than one kind: UVB …
Self-tutoring about health: the tutor mentions sun exposure for the purpose of receiving vitamin D. I’ve heard that being outside, in the sun, causes the body to manufacture vitamin D. Supposedly it’s not necessary to get a lot of sun …