"I need a tutor!"
That's what my niece said when she got an F in a math test. Suddenly she needs a tutor?! But she's been getting As and Bs on all her subjects! She said it was because her teacher had a confusing way of teaching math. Well, that explaaaaaains it all.
Math is not a hard subject. I should know, I was a math teacher. But it's one of those subject that ALWAYS builds on previously gained knowledge that makes it difficult for some. The other subject is English and all the foreign languages. Once you miss that previous lesson or failed to understand it, you may never understand all the next lessons.
A math tutor will help on the missed or misunderstood previous lesson and every next lesson that builds on top of it, but only to catch up. Otherwise, the tutee might get too dependent on being tutored that he will never have his own initiative to learn by himself, which is how we humans truly learn.
Clear your desk, we're having a math test!
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What's For Breakfast?
"What's for breakfast?"
Breakfast?! We never have breakfast at home. That's my first thought about breakfast, because I barely remember any food or conversation we ever had at home. But then I remembered about that pancake breakfast. There were not many of them but each pancake breakfast was just as sweet as the syrup and warm as the pie of pancake that serves my memory now.
What's so important about breakfast?
BREAKFAST FOOD gives you the energy to do work/schoolwork. What is food for? It's not for the taste. It's the energy it provides you. Try not eating for three days and see what it gets you. You can hardly move. You just want to sleep and stay still all day because you have no energy on you. Then once you start eating that first bite of food, you get more energy to bite more food. Then after a while, you suddenly have the strength of a horse or a dog running around and around. You're ready for work or schoolwork or just a walk around the park. That's what food gives you -- energy, lots of energy to be alert and active in life. Besides, food energy also makes you feel the cold of winter less when you're outside for that walk of life.
BREAKFAST CONVERSATION provides first impression of humor. The first conversation of the day that the whole family hears is at the breakfast table. Wouldn't it be nice if your first impression of the day is a positive one or a cheerful one? That should get you through the rest of the day! Especially when you're a kid with boring homework or teachers or an employee with a boring job or bosses. And as the saying goes when you first meet a new person, "First impression of someone can last through life!"
BREAKFAST TIME gives continuity of warm family feeling. What's so important about warm family feeling? Why, it gives you that warmness that you express to other people. That gives you friends. That gives you connections. That gives you jobs. That gives you love. That gives you your own family. And thus carries on the continuity of the cycle of the good life!
Last one at the table clears the table!
Growing Kids Today
Breakfast?! We never have breakfast at home. That's my first thought about breakfast, because I barely remember any food or conversation we ever had at home. But then I remembered about that pancake breakfast. There were not many of them but each pancake breakfast was just as sweet as the syrup and warm as the pie of pancake that serves my memory now.
What's so important about breakfast?
BREAKFAST FOOD gives you the energy to do work/schoolwork. What is food for? It's not for the taste. It's the energy it provides you. Try not eating for three days and see what it gets you. You can hardly move. You just want to sleep and stay still all day because you have no energy on you. Then once you start eating that first bite of food, you get more energy to bite more food. Then after a while, you suddenly have the strength of a horse or a dog running around and around. You're ready for work or schoolwork or just a walk around the park. That's what food gives you -- energy, lots of energy to be alert and active in life. Besides, food energy also makes you feel the cold of winter less when you're outside for that walk of life.
BREAKFAST CONVERSATION provides first impression of humor. The first conversation of the day that the whole family hears is at the breakfast table. Wouldn't it be nice if your first impression of the day is a positive one or a cheerful one? That should get you through the rest of the day! Especially when you're a kid with boring homework or teachers or an employee with a boring job or bosses. And as the saying goes when you first meet a new person, "First impression of someone can last through life!"
BREAKFAST TIME gives continuity of warm family feeling. What's so important about warm family feeling? Why, it gives you that warmness that you express to other people. That gives you friends. That gives you connections. That gives you jobs. That gives you love. That gives you your own family. And thus carries on the continuity of the cycle of the good life!
Last one at the table clears the table!
Growing Kids Today
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