Yesterday, I took several practice sets of questions from a chapter. No matter how I tried, I scored between a 70% to 80%. I kept looking at the types of questions I kept getting wrong. Memorizing information that seems to "come out of nowhere" is not my strong-point. But memorizing information that logically connects to other information is a ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I heard about a school shooting at a private school. This marks about 322 school shootings this year. It broke my heart to hear that a teacher and two teenaged students were killed, including the perpetrator. It surprised me to know that the perpetrator was a young girl. It is not often that girls commit these things. To think that these ( Read more... )

I had a relatively short session at Center S. yesterday. It went well. I did speak to an administrator there briefly to be debriefed and felt the situation has been resolved. All's well that ends well.

After coming home from tutoring, I saw my nieces busily playing. And both began playing with me in their own little ways. My one-year-old niece ( Read more... )

I had a relatively short session at Center F. yesterday. And I saw the Director there, as well. I thought it was going to be a good day until I received a message regarding the incident on Thursday evening. The message was nice and well-intentioned and wanted a debriefing from me. I must admit, I was floored. Regrettably, I did not answer it but I ( Read more... )

I must admit, receiving the phone call from the Director of Center S. has balmed the hatred I feel for Center F. and how things are run there. But, I believe the phone call has placed me into a deep depression of sorts. It might be time for me to leave tutoring. Or at least cut it down to maybe a few hours per week. Today, I think I have a session ( Read more... )

A teenaged student came home crying last night. Her parents asked why and she said it was because she wasn't tutored properly. Her parents called my boss at Center S. and were upset. In turn, my boss called me and the conversation got a bit heated over the phone. I believe I tutored the student just fine. The student's family got a refund, but I do ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a good day for me. I spent the first half of my waking hours in exam preparation. But the second half of my hours were spent helping my mother with an important matter. It felt good to be a helper. Mothers have a tendency to call their children "Mommy's Little Helper" when they are young and helping their mothers with chores or an ( Read more... )

I must admit, I did consume some news about the shooter yesterday but not too much. I believe I know everything I need to know about him. I already know where he attended high school, college, some of his jobs, and past residences. I also know about some of his activities in high school, college major, and how many degrees he has. I even know that ( Read more... )

Two days ago, I wrote about how I was following the story of the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO and how I had temporarily tuned out of following it. As it turns out, a person believed to be the suspect was arrested and detained yesterday. Apparently, this news is so shocking that even the Governor of Pennsylvania attended the suspect's ( Read more... )

The title of this entry says it all. But, I did get to play with my nieces yesterday after coming back from tutoring. As a result, I did not get much opportunity to study. At least, I did not study for my exam. But I did study something else.

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