Teaching maths

[raven]

For the first time in months, I have a student again. I gave hathy_col's sister, Megan, an hour of maths tution and actually enjoyed myself; I love teaching, even if it has to be maths. Colleen said last night, "Don't you dare end up liking her!" and I had to admit that I have, shamefully, rather liked my students in the past.

Megan and I did tolerably enough tonight in any case - I went through surds, irrational numbers and direct proportion with her, with the promise to do inverse and rearranging formulae next week. I hope it helped her. The only moment of unintentional comedy was at the end, when I asked her to give her sister a Fourth Doctor book, with my compliments. She glanced at the cover and then gave me the look of amused disdain reserved by the ordinary people for sci-fi fen. I was amused, too.

In other news, my summer cold has had some time to incubate and I am now the proud owner of a continuous headache, sore throat and endless sniffling complete with the unnerving sensation that the ground is about to shift below me, but always changes its mind at the last moment. I wouldn't mind, but my A2 Chemistry practical exam is in less than forty-eight hours, and I'd prefer not to be comatose for it.

[Condensation polymers are more reactive than polyalkenes, as they can be broken down with NaOH into their constituent monomers.]

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[vamp-bite.livejournal.com]

Buttercup syrup is the best thing in the world for that. I promise you. And high strength pain killers right before bed.