I teach English. As a home tutor I was also asked to help pupils complete their French, Maths and history projects.
I remember a Korean boy asked me for help with the maths.
I said, "I can't teach maths. I teach English."
The pupil said, "I need you to translate the English instructions. What are subtract and multiply?"
"Okay," I demonstrated.
His workbook had the answers at the back.
What had he done wrong? I could see in one answer he had added instead of subtracted.
Then he asked, "What's the difference between division and long division?"
I gradually got drawn into it until I was teaching maths.
I will teach anything if I am paid.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I remember a Korean boy asked me for help with the maths.
I said, "I can't teach maths. I teach English."
The pupil said, "I need you to translate the English instructions. What are subtract and multiply?"
"Okay," I demonstrated.
His workbook had the answers at the back.
What had he done wrong? I could see in one answer he had added instead of subtracted.
Then he asked, "What's the difference between division and long division?"
I gradually got drawn into it until I was teaching maths.
I will teach anything if I am paid.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
