Tutoring English, you cover poetry. The tutor brings up Semisonic’s Closing Time. Closing Time, by Semisonic, came out in 1998. I wouldn’t take notice of it until ten years later, as I drove my kids to their activities and it …
With so much coverage these days about paranormal topics, I get immersed in self-tutoring. The tutor comments about the phenomenon of hallucinations. Often, when someone mentions seeing something they can’t explain, you hear others say, “They probably just imagined it.” …
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Tutoring English, you encounter poems and songs. The tutor comments about one with which he’s gotten reacquainted. Alanis Morisette’s album Jagged Little Pill yields numerous good songs, among them You Learn. Back in the late nineties, I liked You Learn, …
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More lifestyle self-tutoring: the tutor shares one of his habits, with a discovery. Of course I’m a dieter, and of course I love chocolate. I try to limit my intake, but you only live once…. One of my habits is …
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Fitness and health involve constant self-tutoring. The tutor mentions zinc. Apparently, zinc is lost in sweat: during athletic performance, therefore, a person might likely lose some. I take zinc supplement – not every day, but most days. I just take …
Visiting a town means self-tutoring. The tutor mentions The Vault, Nanaimo. I’d describe The Vault’s location as corner of Wallace and Albert, Nanaimo, BC. I started going there this week. The Vault’s atmosphere is peaceful and welcoming, and the staff …
Using Excel can mean self-tutoring. The tutor shares an observation about typing the forward slash in Excel 2016. I went to type a forward slash (as a character, not part of a formula) at the lead of a statement in …
Tutoring calculus, you cover limits. The tutor mentions using Excel for confirmation. Because of Excel’s power, it can do some particular calculations you might use to verify a calculus limit. Example: In my April 19, 2016 post I develop the …
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For me, home computer use means self-tutoring. The tutor shares some experience with the HP Notebook. When I can’t use the desktop, I often use a Notebook by HP, purchased last May, which runs Windows 10. I had some problems …
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Tutoring math, you encounter grade. The tutor discusses its definition and why it might be surprising. Grade is defined as 100%*(vertical/horizontal). In the above diagram, it would be as follows: grade=100%*(rise/run). By itself, rise/run is called slope. Therefore, grade=100%*slope What …
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