Self-tutoring about the current situation: the tutor reflects. Before 8am this morning my wife and I set out for groceries. We’d heard of line-ups and shortages, so decided to go first thing, since restocking is supposedly done overnight. Driving there, …
Self-tutoring about social studies and philosophy: the tutor mentions a quote from Mikhail Kalashnikov. Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 during World War II while recovering from battlefield wounds. “It’s a weapon for defence, not offence,” he continued to assert in …
Self-tutoring about English and Social Studies: the tutor looks up devolution. devolution: the voluntary transfer of rights or powers from a higher government to a more local one. Source: Mish, Frederick C. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. thoughtco.com
Self-tutoring about social studies: the tutor mentions the idea of unitary state. In a unitary state, all political power is owned by the central government. Power can be transferred from it to a local authority, but can then be rescinded. …
Self-tutoring about culture: the tutor opines about a quote he heard as a child. I read “The Medium is the Message” in a textbook in middle school. For decades I had no interpretation of it. Eventually my sister gave me …
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Self-tutoring about the generations we commonly encounter: the tutor begins…. As a tutor, I’ve worked with Baby Boomers (b. ’46 to ’64), GenXers (b. ’65 to ’76), Millennials (b. ’77 to ’95), and Centennials (b. ’96 →). What are some …
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, …
Tutoring social studies, ethnicity may arise. The tutor brings up an example he observed. In the Fraser Valley last week, I was leaving a hotel lobby to return to the room. The night air felt brisk on the face; snow …
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Tutoring social studies, one is compelled to take voting a little more seriously. The tutor shares his voting experience of the BC provincial election, May 9, 2017. In my post from October 13, 2015, I describe my experience voting in …
The tutor explains two names for the Islamic State, commonly called ISIS. ISIS and ISIL are two names for the same group. Both are acronyms: ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIL: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. …