13
Feb
Humour Shortage
Categories: Education, Ideas, Inspiration, Random, Teaching, Tutors International Comments 10
The below correspondence is a recent reply I wrote to someone who contacted me through this site. His message to me is below mine to him… — [Fname] I know there are thousands of wealthy people in London who want a tutor, but hardly any of them need (or want) a full time tutor who..read more.
26
Nov
State of the Nation
Categories: Random Comments 0
The following was recently written by a registrant on Tutors International’s web site. The writer sensibly thought better of actually applying for a position: “I am a science educator teaching mostly science subjects. My philosophy about teaching is that learners have variable interests and acumen to learn and the teachers responsibility is to incite curiosity..read more.
1
Nov
Sweet Potato
Categories: Education, Food, Random, Teaching Comments 4
I recently ate at a (supposedly) good restaurant in Derby. On the menu, among other things, was “sweet potato soup”, with a superscript ‘v’ inscribed in a circle to indicate that it was the vegetarian option. And on the wine list one of the reds, a merlot I think, was described as “moorish”. The waitress..read more.