What is BEYOND ironic is that on some level, there is some understanding of this concept.

For example:

to be a math tutor at DD's school (meaning, you help students with math in CC course 3 through geometry, live, via a virtual meeting with a whiteboard, mic, etc.) you MUST:

a) be an ace student-- THROUGH algebra II. Minimum.

b) be handpicked by your teacher and approved by the teacher that runs the national tutoring program (and she definitely has her favorites).

The bottom line is that these are kids that know this material COLD-- and well beyond it, in fact. Not only that, but most of them can LEARN new material very, very rapidly and thoroughly-- so that anything quirky, they can figure out in a hurry if a student asks.

Why doesn't tutoring run through calculus, Hmmm? Some of these kids who are tutors are well into that level (or beyond it).


So they DO know. It's because of the effect that Val describes.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.