Not tutoree?I always look at the tutee's face....
Not tutoree?I always look at the tutee's face....
You haven't failed as a tutor if you see that look of utter confusion on your student's face.I am looking for that look of utter confusion that signals I have once again failed as a tutor.
No?You haven't failed as a tutor if you see that look of utter confusion on your student's face.
I NEVER tutoye my tutees.Not tutoree?
I think that you should push students (especially one to one) to their limits at all times but at the same time note when you went too far. I think that is the sign of a good tutor. Based on what you said (and from what I see here) you are a good tutor.
Thanks. I do try.I think that you should push students (especially one to one) to their limits at all times but at the same time note when you went too far. I think that is the sign of a good tutor. Based on what you said (and from what I see here) you are a good tutor.
The real difficulty is deciding what a student's limits are. What I see in those I tutor is that they are frustrated by a curriculum that does not really challenge those who have material talents in math but leaves behind those who might benefit practically from basic math like algebra and descriptive statistics. We manage to undereducate those with talent and abandon those who could use decent training in the basics. (Admittedly, part of my fury is that I live in a school district that explicitly will not as a matter of principle provide advanced courses for capable students because "all our classes are appropriate for superior students." I tutor gratis as a matter of conscience.)
We need a revolution in education. I'd lead it if only I could find a good purveyor of guillotines.
With such an attitude, I suspect that I shall die in prison or on the scaffold. Indeed, the state may already be on my trail. Well, it is way too late now to rectify my ways. And as Lovelace says,
"Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage.
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage."
As you can see, the metaphysical poets (and their predecessors Les Pleiades) are still my favorites.
Though the greatest line of poetry ever written may be from one of the Romantics:
"Si j'avais su ce que je sais:
Ce fut tout, mais ce fut assez."
If I had known what I know:"Si j'avais su ce que je sais:
Ce fut tout, mais ce fut assez."
What part of Canada are you from??If I had known what I know:
It was all, but it was enough.
Probably in the region near Google, Canada.What part of Canada are you from??
The problem with romantic poetry is that once you take the music away, the sense left behind is often very small. Take away all of Daudet's sibilants with a translation, and not much is left except the sense of regret for what might have been.If I had known what I know:
It was all, but it was enough.
That is too small of a sample to claim that. JeffM regularly uses summationBased on what you said (and from what I see here) you are a good tutor.
notation to try to explain to beginning algebra students, and he often
does so in almost essay-length format.
He often does not address the proper lower-level math audience, nor does he get to the point
relatively quickly. He violates the "keep it simple, short" approach that would
help students, or even hold the attention of peers reading it. He is not being a
"good tutor" then.
But that - the music, the rhythm, the words - is an integral part of poetry! It is like saying - take away the color from Monet's painting and all you are left with white blotches on a cloth.....The problem with romantic poetry is that once you take the music away, the sense left behind is often very small. Take away all of Daudet's sibilants with a translation, and not much is left except the sense of regret for what might have been.
...but with some happy trees.But that - the music, the rhythm, the words - is an integral part of poetry! It is like saying - take away the color from Monet's painting and all you are left with white blotches on a cloth.....