Self-tutoring about primary lessons: the tutor mentions his realization of the directions of left and right. When I was a kid, I heard adults refer to left and/or right often. While I knew they were positions or directions of some …
Self-tutoring about people and events linking back to the past: the tutor mentions someone he saw. My wife and I were driving to the grocery store today, down a 4-lane road. Its speed limit is only 50km/h, but it can …
Self-tutoring about the year(s) past: the tutor reflects…. In the final evening of 2023, I’m thinking back to the late 70s. Yesterday my wife and I were out shopping at a dollar store, and I noticed some chocolates smaller than …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a curiosity he’s always loved. Years ago, my friend lived in a building that was grand on the outside, but cut up into small apartments on the inside. I’m …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions an entertaining story he didn’t understand at the time. Because of my own lack of vision, I failed to appreciate one of my friends back in the Valley the …
Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor reflects… When you live in a residential neighbourhood, you often have people park in front of where you live. There’s no problem with that, when it’s public parking. Moreover, it …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions shifting patterns of children’s play. At age six, I arrived on a military base in early summer. It was easy to find kids outside, so the pace of my …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a score by a savvy operator. I recall a surprising situation in which an accomplished social bully (call him B2) got outsmarted by a kid much younger and more …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls a couple of kids he knew in elementary school. As military kids, my sister and I were moved from base to base. We encountered all kinds of interesting characters …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions someone who still puzzles him, decades later. I moved into very cliquey place when I arrived on the west coast at age 16. One problem: I didn’t realize the …