Another good beachcam movie...

April 5th, 2010. The music seems to go quite well with the cloud action...

One minute in the life of a high-end tutor...

I am tutoring my 8th grade boy, JS. We are discussing Newton's 3 laws. In a discussion of action-reaction pairs, we talk about how it's not just that the earth pulls on JS, but that JS also pulls on the earth (that's what's meant by "every action has an equal an opposite reaction").

Gus: "So, you are currently pulling on the earth. As am I. Though, I regret to inform you that your ability to influence the earth is even smaller than mine."

JS: "Yeah... because you're FAT!!"

(pause)

JS: "Haha... j/k LOL."

(pause)

JS: "right?"

(pause)

Gus: "I am going to *kill* you."

One minute in the life of a high-end tutor...

I was meeting with my student V today, and we had this exchange as I was examining V's essay from last week's practice test, which I graded last week and had not looked at since...

Me: "There's no conclusion, and there are 3 examples instead of 2, and the indentations are barely noticeable, and you write way too small... I gave this an 8?? I can't believe I gave this thing an 8.."

V: "You're such a douchebag."


(pause)

(pause)


Me: "Wow... I'm trying to remember the last time a student actually called me a douchebag during a lesson."

V: "Pretty recently, I'd guess."