AJ Tutoring blog - The Learning Curve

We will explore names and reality in mathematics and science. Roman numbering systems are good for bartering and trade, but only the adoption of the Arabic number system with its number zero allowed the birth of modern mathematics. Zero is the neutral element of addition and subtraction and ...

Cultural Differences and Language On the other hand, other cultures understate everything. Northern cultures are very renowned for that, along with cultures with a highly coded language. In Swiss, “that hasn’t been too bad” is definitely a very hard-earned compliment. It’s meant in a, ...

Cultural Concepts of Friendship The concept of friend is vastly different in different cultures. In English, it’s used for anything south of acquaintance, whereas in German and French there are several levels of friendship. A friend (“freund” or “ami”) is somebody you know for many ...

Intro to "la dénomination de la réalité" "The French expression “la dénomination de la réalité” means “the process of giving names to reality”. It strongly implies a notion of what slice of reality I choose to give a name to. Expressed in other words it hints to the categorization ...