Self-tutoring about economics: the tutor begins about modern monetary theory. Modern Monetary Theory: the concept that, when a country controls its own currency, its ability to spend is limited by inflation rather than by its income. In other words, such …
Self-tutoring about MS Word: the tutor philosophizes…. I believe that MS Word’s auto formatting features are meant to be helpful, but often I find they aren’t. It calls me to wonder…should I be doing things differently, so that MS Word’s …
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Self-tutoring about vocabulary: the tutor mentions a phrase he had to look up. a priori: arrived at from deduction rather than observation. Let’s imagine you read a cake recipe and notice it’s a high percent sugar. You might judge, a …
Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a discovery. With projects I’ve been working on, I’ve not been weeding as perhaps I should. Lately I’ve tackled it, and have mostly done it, but there’s still a patch to do. Yesterday, …
Self-tutoring about meeting apps: the tutor mentions one. I used Google Meet for the first time today; it worked great. A different meeting program crashed during a session, so I brought my client to Google Meet. The login was quick; …
Self-tutoring about the actual meaning of a word: the tutor mentions eventual. eventual: when the concept becomes an event. Example: Right now, here, it’s 13:43 – broad daylight. The sun (we assume) will set later today, possibly around 21:30. Here, …
Self-tutoring about the wonderful trend of having to answer new questions to use a device or app. I can’t imagine I’m alone in noticing that, especially during the past year, I’m sometimes pressured for answers when I want to use …
Self-tutoring about philosophy and psychology: the tutor visits an oft-heard, yet new, meme. For me, the meme “It is what it is” arrived around 2010. You hear it all the time now, but remembering it’s quite new may be valuable. …
Self-tutoring about something I should know: the tutor looks into the idea of meme. I never heard the word meme until my kids started using it, likely when they were in middle school. Meme seems to mean a point of …
Self-tutoring about rabies: the tutor mentions an observation. Apparently, the first symptom of rabies can be a change in demeanor. For instance, a friendly animal may become ornery. On the other hand, an animal typically aloof may become surprisingly friendly. …