Appreciation

[Wongo]

As you know I have been tutoring maths ever since I was a uni student. Tonight it came to the end of another student who will sit in his 3 units maths exam tomorrow.

I started working with his 2 years ago. His mum (neightbour) spoke to me be because he needed help. I coached him an hour every week. At the end of year 11 he was awarded the most improved student in the class. At the end of year 12 he is now the top 5 student in the class.

Tonight we had the last lesson. I actually felt a bit emotional about it. Anyway as I was saying goodbye and giving him encouragement, the mother handed over a present to me. I was shocked I didn’t expect it. I made a smart remark by saying “is it the encyclopaedia of wood?”.

No it wasn’t. It is the book about Sam Maloof, it is the book I have been searching for for a long time. I knew that you cannot get it in Australia so they must have ordered it in from the US.

I was so moved and it almost bought tears to my eyes. Well it makes all the work worthwhile.

Happy reading to me. it is a big book.

[johnc]

Wongo,

Makes it all worth while, especially as they have obviously gone to so much trouble to select it for you. I am probably the worlds worst tutor, but I admire anyone who puts the effort in to help give any kid a leg up.

John.

[bitingmidge]

Congratulations Scott!!

I think it's fantastic when someone recognises the value of a person to that sort of extent, it's a credit to them as well as you!

Cheers,

P

[scooter]

Great story, Scott, what goes around comes around.


Cheers..................Sean

[silentC]

I had my dog tutored a few months ago. He thought he was getting neutered. Or was that the other way around?

On ya Scott. What's the square root of 4,567,234,533,333,123,900.03? No Googling.

[Wongo]

Oh silent, silent, silent

Anyway since the number finishes with .03 so it's square root cannot be rational (a bit like me of course). The only answer to your question is

(4,567,234,533,333,123,900.03)^1/2

Bloody hell it is a big book with 280 pages.:eek: Sam's the man.

[Cliff Rogers]

Good for you Mr. Wong.

[bennylaird]

C'mon Wongo, it's easy the answer for the square root was 42

[RufflyRustic]

Congrats Wongo! Looking forward to seeing a few Maloof touches in your work.



Cheers
Wendy

[jmk89]

Occasions like this make it all worthwhile, don't they Scott.
Happy reading.

[bennylaird]

Your a good man Scott, don't believe all that bad stuff Brendan says about you

[sea dragon]

You cared, your student was receptive and responsive and they really wanted you to have something special.
A great story to share.
Enjoy the read.

[AlexS]

Well done Mr. Wong, I'm sure your student will do well. It's great to see appreciation shown with a thoughtful gift like this.

Did you show him how to use a slide rule & log tables?

[Wongo]

Did you show him how to use a slide rule & log tables?

Log tables??:eek: Are they the same things as the "4 figures tables"?

Well we called them the "4 figure tables" in HK. It is how you find the value of log(x) or cos(x) etc without a calculator.

Man that's so ancient.

[Rocker]

Log tables??:eek: Are they the same things as the "4 figures tables"?

Well we called them the "4 figure tables" in HK. It is how you find the value of log(x) or cos(x) etc without a calculator.

Man that's so ancient.

Scott,

We used to call them log tables. I hated them. Hopelessly inaccurate for angles close to zero or 90°. I remember how excited I was when I got my first electonic calculator, in 1972 I think. It cost $90, and all it could do was add, subtract, multiply, and divide; but I thought it was wonderful. I was easily impressed - I saw my first computer in England in the mid-50's. It took a roomfull of glowing valves to do its main trick, which was to tell you your reaction time to the nearest thousandth of a second, after you pushed a button when a red light came on.

Now that you have the Maloof book, I am afraid you are going to find out how derivative my rocker really is:eek:

Rocker