Self-tutoring about life changes: the tutor reflects…. This morning was a bit jarring, as Tuesday mornings can be. My older son had an early class, so I was up at 6:30am to get the kids’ breakfast, pack their lunches, etc. …
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Self-tutoring about perspective: the tutor shares a story. When I attend judo workouts by myself, I walk there. This time of year, I often can’t wear the judo gi on the walk to the club, lest it gets muddy. Therefore, …
via Daily Prompt: Retrospective retrospective (adj): surveying past events or periods. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English, Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 2005. Humans are occupied with time’s passage and the changes that transpire. Individuals, teams, businesses, and countries have …
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via Daily Prompt: Juxtapose Self-tutoring about the application behind a word: the tutor reflects about juxtapose. juxtapose (verb): to set side by side so as to compare. –Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English, Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 2005. Typically …
via Daily Prompt: Archaic Self-tutoring: the tutor reflects on an inexorable process. Seeking a solid foundation, I look up archaic: archaic: 1) ancient; 2) out-of-date. -Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus, HarperCollins, 2006. For the purpose herein, archaic’s second …
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Finding blogs to follow leads to self-tutoring: the tutor mentions Maanini Singhvi’s blog A Fresh Outlook. Reading a blog can inject you with the writer’s point of view. Such was my experience today, reading Tagore’s Ideals and Our Progress. Therein, …
In the tutoring realm, awareness of new insights and definitions is important. The tutor mentions single source of truth. In my March 5 post I mention the idea of a data silo. Put simply, it’s knowledge kept secret by some …
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For me, religion involves constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares an observation from Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna Movement. At this festive time, people are striving to keep their relationships strong. During the year’s darkest days, …
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Tutoring academic subjects, meanings are so important. The tutor shares ideas about the meaning of schema. schema: a description of a particular subset of reality. The schema will include members of that reality and their properties. It will also include …
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Tutoring English, you might research diverse topics. The tutor shares some findings about pantheism. Pantheism: (1) The world view that identifies God as the laws of nature. (2) The belief that God is, in fact, the Cosmos. Most nature-centred religions …