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Self-tutoring about French: the tutor continues with the subjunctive. The following is according to my understanding. I mention in yesterday’s post about the subjunctive in French. Being a verb form that expresses the speaker’s feeling about a situation, it’s used …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor brings up the subjunctive. The following is according to my understanding. I’m not Francophone, but grew up in Canada; hence, I’ve connection with French. Moreover, my wife and sons are all bilingual. Over the years …
Self-tutoring about Canadian politics: the tutor mentions the idea of “legitimate” majority. The following is according to my understanding. The last Canadian federal election was back in April 2025: the Liberals, under Carney, won 169 seats. Next came the Conservatives, …
Self-tutoring about news and what to make of it: the tutor wonders, “Should I pinch myself?” The following is according to my understanding. I didn’t plan to talk about politics today; I’ve done so the last couple of posts, so …
Self-tutoring about what’s possible from government: the tutor continues from last post. The following is according to my understanding. I hint, in my post from April 10, 2026, that there seems only one way the BC government can effectively reduce …
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Self-tutoring about politics and government: the tutor contemplates a recent poll… The following is according to my understanding. I got a text the other day which appears to be a poll from the provincial government. It asks what I think …
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Self-tutoring about business terms: the tutor mentions the idea of earnings per share. The following is according to my understanding. Earnings per share is a metric typically applied to large companies with many shareholders and many, many shares outstanding. From …
Self-tutoring about philosophy: the tutor mentions Agrippa’s Trilemma. The following is according to my understanding. One of my sons mentioned Agrippa’s Trilemma to me today. I hadn’t heard of it; the only philosophy course I recall taking was about the …
Self-tutoring about psychology: the tutor begins about how people process their environments. The following is according to my understanding. Some of my best days were spent in school, and some people might say I never really left. Yet, I’ve come …
Self-tutoring about health: the tutor wonders about the prevalence of food allergies these days. When I was a kid in elementary school, I never heard of food allergies, so far as I can remember. People did get hay fever back …