Tutoring English 12, both these terms come up. As an academic who loves ideas, the tutor offers his explanation of each. Paradox and oxymoron are literary devices. Identifying them can be worth marks on the English 12 government exam. So, …
Heading towards exams, tutoring returns to factoring and other challenging topics. The math tutor shows how to solve a factoring problem that, at high school level, might be difficult. Suppose you are faced with the following problem: Solve -6×5+46×3+72x=0 This …
Tutoring English, you can’t avoid this issue forever. The English tutor weighs in. In old times, there was a rule against finishing a sentence with a preposition. Thus, “Who(m) did you say that to?” was gauche. Was it wrong, or …
In my tutoring sessions, space exploration is rarely discussed. As a tutor, as well as a person, I’ve wondered why Pluto is “no longer” a planet. When one of my kids came home from grade 3 science, telling me Pluto …
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When you tutor high school English, essay writing is a key topic. Therefore, the thesis statement is often a focus during English tutoring. Let’s imagine you write an essay about why camping is great. (I don’t happen to like camping, …
Tutoring math 12, you cover arc length. The math tutor describes a method students from a generation ago might appreciate. Arc length is distance along the circumference of a circle. Following a 360° angle, you of course travel the entire …
Tutoring math, you might see this topic from a university student. The math tutor offers it as a point of interest. The pigeonhole principle is used to solve counting problems. A simple example: In a ten day stretch, how many …
Questions about roots – especially higher order ones – are commonly asked during math tutoring. The tutor offers a quick example. Example: simplify 4√(80) Step 1: Realize that 80=16(5). Therefore, 4√(80)=4√(16)4√(5) Step 2: Realize that the reason we break …
Tutoring English, you can’t help but notice nuances. Here’s one the English tutor has thought about since elementary school. About 35 years ago I asked my elementary teacher whether to use defence or defense. She was sporting; we looked in …
Tutoring English, you need to be on your toes. The tutor is glad he found this term before he was asked about it:) English is different from the other school subjects in one key way: the student probably learns more …