Assorted tutoring tales
Monday, a student flagged me down for some help with exponential functions. “They give me two points that the function passes through, and they want me to give the equation… Read more »
Category: math/tutoring
$#!& New Math!
I got to the tutoring center a little early this morning, and spent some time perusing the bulletin board. One of the things I found was a flier posted for… Read more »
Tutor? I hardly know ‘er!
You think you remember experiences from a year ago, then you experience them again all fresh and shiny, and realize you had no bloody idea. Tutoring at the local community… Read more »
Word problems
This morning in tutoring, I was twice asked to help with a Physics word problem, as follows: Bored, a boy fires a pellet gun at a 120 g block of… Read more »
Tutoring observation
Random observation #83: It’s much easier to tutor someone when you’re not distracted by the repeating thought, “Ewww! What’s that smell?” That happened twice this morning. It made it rather… Read more »