"Who decided to call it THAT, anyway?", she asked, snickering as she jotted down some notes.
I was with a tutor student earlier this week, reviewing for her final exam. She asked the question in reference to a math term she is expected to know and use.
-----*warning, some may find this anecdote a bit risque, but we found it funny*-----
The term to which she referred - latus rectum - is a useful thing in math, but is understandably met with scoffs and quiet snickers by the often immature and largely English-as-an-only-language student body.
"I guess it must be latin or something", she continued.
"Yes", I informed. "It translates to 'straight side'".
"PFFFT", she scoffed, "it's my general understanding that the straights don't typically go for that stuff, but okay!"
Bahahahahaha!
And with that, another semester comes to a close. I'm off the tutoring until the spring semester. I'll still have a few hours in the testing center each week since that place doesn't take breaks between semesters, and I'm looking forward to some time off for other things for a while.
I know I'm not the only one. In fact, I noticed the adjunct faculty whiteboard has a new prompt:
I hope that whoever wrote "All most there!" isn't an English/ writing instructor.
I guess snacks are more appealing after a semester of writing on whiteboards.
So I've said goodbye to this latest batch of tutees. One showed up to her session with what I originally thought was her laptop wrapped in cloth rather than in her backpack. I thought, "hmm, that's different".
But she unwrapped it to reveal this painting she created. She said it was for me as thanks for the tuting.
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