This last week of the semester vacation turned out pretty well despite all the hassle and surprise requests.
Last Monday I had my first stint at tutoring an elementary student. My aunt asked my mother to substitute for my cousin's (and also my) original tutor for just that day. Since it was a surprise request they offered me half of the hourly rate of our original tutor for three hours. Going back to the basics was more difficult than I imagined it'd be. We studied about simple operations in fractions...FRACTIONS.
The kid was actually better than me. He calculates with his mind while I can't even subtract 1/4 from 1/2 without pen and paper. Aside from Mathematics we also reviewed his Social Studies. As I went through his books, it was only then that I realize that these things offer little to almost no importance at all when it comes to higher education. I'm pretty sure right now the purpose of all those rarely used information is for building a wider common sense. One day someone might ask 'What does person X do for the betterment of the nation?' and to the student who read the book full of praises and no criticism would say 'ah, person X has served the country well by doing this and that...'. Sometimes I wonder if it is the correct common sense or the books, the authors gets to dictate what is to be learned and what doesn't need to be.
The tutorial started around 7 and ended at 10 pm.
Other achievements include my finalizing the initial schedule given to me without making any changes. Since NSTP 2- CWTS was not in my list of recommended courses, and we are tasked to enlist on the course via Assisted Enlistment which requires us to go to the University to do so, the obvious (and easier) route was the better choice for me during the online registration period which started yesterday.
Unlike the previous semesters where my mom and I went to the university to pay the tuition fee the day after I finalize my schedule, this semester to save time and money we decided to do it on Monday.
Long lines queuing is to be expected of course since a lot should have finalized by Monday and most of the students should be back at the university by then since November 10 is the start of classes.
Right now, as my vacation draws to an end, my main focus is Pokemon Emerald. It's nice to return to the early times of games that have achieved a much greater fame and improvement in this current generation of video games.
Pokemon emerald is the last (I assume) of the Generation III Pokemon versions. Since Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald (The Hoenn trio, as I'd like to call them) are the only non-DS pokemon games to not have remakes there's probably a fat chance that the next pokemon versions following X and Y are remakes (or updates) of these versions. We already have Fire Red and Leaf Green for the generation I, Heart Gold and Soul Silver for generation II, then we could only hope for a follow up to the Hoenn region.
Including Pokemon Emerald, I've played through (but not necessarily completed) the first four generations of Pokemon.
I still have in my possession Pokemon Blue, my Pokemon Silver was stolen years ago along with my first Nintendo Gameboy SP, I don't have a game cartridge for Emerald (gpsp Kai anyone?), my Ruby version is a bootleg copy from Toy Kingdom Philippines (it doesn't save anymore), and my Pokemon Diamond is still in my possession which I completed throughout the course of my semester vacation.
I still have yet to play Pokemon Black and White, BnW 2 and X and Y. But right now I'm saving up for a Nintendo 3DS. Prices in game stores at Harbor Point Ayala seem to be cheaper than I expected. Since the 3DS have been on the shelves for a little over a year (or two?) the drop of the prices was to be expected. If ever I finally saved enough I'd probably buy the regular edition. The 3DS XL stands out too much and gaming quality doesn't exactly change significantly. As for the recently released 2DS...well Nintendo probably had time to build that kind of bridge for their next patent of their long line of handheld gaming consoles.
Last Monday I had my first stint at tutoring an elementary student. My aunt asked my mother to substitute for my cousin's (and also my) original tutor for just that day. Since it was a surprise request they offered me half of the hourly rate of our original tutor for three hours. Going back to the basics was more difficult than I imagined it'd be. We studied about simple operations in fractions...FRACTIONS.
The kid was actually better than me. He calculates with his mind while I can't even subtract 1/4 from 1/2 without pen and paper. Aside from Mathematics we also reviewed his Social Studies. As I went through his books, it was only then that I realize that these things offer little to almost no importance at all when it comes to higher education. I'm pretty sure right now the purpose of all those rarely used information is for building a wider common sense. One day someone might ask 'What does person X do for the betterment of the nation?' and to the student who read the book full of praises and no criticism would say 'ah, person X has served the country well by doing this and that...'. Sometimes I wonder if it is the correct common sense or the books, the authors gets to dictate what is to be learned and what doesn't need to be.
The tutorial started around 7 and ended at 10 pm.
Other achievements include my finalizing the initial schedule given to me without making any changes. Since NSTP 2- CWTS was not in my list of recommended courses, and we are tasked to enlist on the course via Assisted Enlistment which requires us to go to the University to do so, the obvious (and easier) route was the better choice for me during the online registration period which started yesterday.
Unlike the previous semesters where my mom and I went to the university to pay the tuition fee the day after I finalize my schedule, this semester to save time and money we decided to do it on Monday.
Long lines queuing is to be expected of course since a lot should have finalized by Monday and most of the students should be back at the university by then since November 10 is the start of classes.
Right now, as my vacation draws to an end, my main focus is Pokemon Emerald. It's nice to return to the early times of games that have achieved a much greater fame and improvement in this current generation of video games.
Pokemon emerald is the last (I assume) of the Generation III Pokemon versions. Since Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald (The Hoenn trio, as I'd like to call them) are the only non-DS pokemon games to not have remakes there's probably a fat chance that the next pokemon versions following X and Y are remakes (or updates) of these versions. We already have Fire Red and Leaf Green for the generation I, Heart Gold and Soul Silver for generation II, then we could only hope for a follow up to the Hoenn region.
Including Pokemon Emerald, I've played through (but not necessarily completed) the first four generations of Pokemon.
I still have in my possession Pokemon Blue, my Pokemon Silver was stolen years ago along with my first Nintendo Gameboy SP, I don't have a game cartridge for Emerald (gpsp Kai anyone?), my Ruby version is a bootleg copy from Toy Kingdom Philippines (it doesn't save anymore), and my Pokemon Diamond is still in my possession which I completed throughout the course of my semester vacation.
I still have yet to play Pokemon Black and White, BnW 2 and X and Y. But right now I'm saving up for a Nintendo 3DS. Prices in game stores at Harbor Point Ayala seem to be cheaper than I expected. Since the 3DS have been on the shelves for a little over a year (or two?) the drop of the prices was to be expected. If ever I finally saved enough I'd probably buy the regular edition. The 3DS XL stands out too much and gaming quality doesn't exactly change significantly. As for the recently released 2DS...well Nintendo probably had time to build that kind of bridge for their next patent of their long line of handheld gaming consoles.
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