A "funny" thing happened.

Yesterday, I got a message from someone who was replying to a tutoring application I sent for their job ad.

Yay! 🥳

I read the message, and he says that I already tutored for his son, but now he wants tutoring for his daughter, and sure enough if I look at the message history, I did tutor his son.

Er... okay. I'm glad I'm getting the job but... since I had tutored for his son already, and we did 11 sessions together, and I got five-star ratings from them.... why did they just not contact me rather than put up an ad?

#tutoring

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!

It is the Spring cleaning sale at the YAL Tutoring Emporium! Everything must go! Go where? We don't care. 😉

That's right! If you act now, you can get log(10) hours of tutoring for the price of 2. Imagine the savings!

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Act now! And for the love of everything sacred, don't bring out your calculator. Just trust us.

(Offer void where prohibited. While supplies last. Emus are excluded from this offer. Consult with your doctor if you feel like it. Not valid on Mars, Jupiter or Saturn. Stupid emus.)

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Seen in a tutoring job ad:

"Please let me know if you are local."

Yeah, with the only geographical information being that you are in the same time zone as New York, it is going to be super easy to know whether I'm local to you or not.

The New York time zone is a large slice of the Earth, ya know...

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A resource I've sometimes found useful during times of need:

https://codementor.io

Experienced engineers (& others) can register as tutors & charge by the hour for Zoom sessions. Sometimes you can arrange a recurring series with a student or freelance gigs.

One Python/JS engineer I knew was able to make her entire living off of it. At least it can help make ends meet.

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I don't even remember how to make or use slope fields... 😩

It probably would come back fast.

That's one of my problems with some of the math that I'm supposed to know (because I'm a tutor).

I use derivation and integration often enough that they are committed to memory.

However, there are things that I've learned that I never get to use, like slope fields.

#math #calculus #tutoring

I just saw an ad for tutoring Algebra 1. In it the parent was talking about how the tutoring should aim to get their daughter into virology, get ER experience and go to a prestigious medical school.

Algebra 1.

I get it. I've helped nurses and guys in the trades pass math requirements that they needed for professional goals.

Fine.

But all this talk of what their daughter would do, if only she got the right Algebra 1 tutoring is a huge red flag.

Toxic parents.

I'll note that there was zero talk about what the girl actually wanted to do with her life. It wasn't "she's passionate about virology." It really felt like parental projection.

#tutoring #ToxicParents

Please boost

Hey fedi, to people who are okay with pirating school textbooks, can you help me find this outrageously priced essential book for IB teachers?

ISBN: 978-1382048538

Amazon Link:

https://www.amazon.in/Teachers-Guide-PYP-Grades-4-5/dp/138204853X?crid=522X8AOK1642&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.EcyIzJroHLzscpczjvskAhOSOtJnwprc5YpEPhNF1GCxREa3mwOhULzOVT_XAB6Riwj5hsISqxVn0V-MJLXb6kFNn8v8mSh2NwEfbsryF8lk1aMGP0sAKXJ2izspcfcGbRwvzxR5t9NfTvZ5QPLvZMMBCtE_6JWc593pWh5vySqJT0uZnwxfgDtFUASmzxMnld2IgIk1H8hMOFoG3K_TRw.XDZYadC7U6IUGlNH5hp-5SNSB7RY1_jh-x927w0CrLo&dib_tag=se&keywords=IB%2Bteachers%2Bbook&qid=1771849950&sr=8-5

It has to be grade 4-5 as I tutor a 5th grade student soon and need to learn how IB board assesses its students, thank you!

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Top 10 Tips for Using ChatGPT for GCSE Revision. What Students and Parents Need to Know…

Around 61% of UK secondary school students report using AI tools like ChatGPT for learning and schoolwork according to UK Department for Education.

But here’s the reality: AI can either support learning — or quietly weaken it.

The difference lies in how it’s used.

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