Self-tutoring about cars from the past: the tutor mentions the Peugeot 504. Back in the Maritimes, someone in our neighbourhood owned a Peugeot 504 station wagon – I think it was from the mid 70s. I became aware of it …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions Miguel. Miguel (his name wasn’t actually Miguel) was three years older than I was. He was an American living on the US base I also lived on 1983-85. To …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects about basketball. I’ve never played basketball on a team. I played it in PE when I was in grades 5, 6, and 7, but then I moved from that …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions the term “deke.” In the confusing late-70s, I first heard the word deke. We were playing hockey, in our boots, on a frozen pond in PEI. There was a …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor continues about paper airplanes. In my previous post I mention paper airplanes and what fun I had with them when I was a kid. It was bonding time with my …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions playing with paper airplanes. There’s something iconic about paper airplanes. When I was a kid, they were a sign of good-humoured defiance, since only kids made them, and weren’t …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects on s-100. Subject s-100 was a teacher of mine in late elementary. She was unique among my teachers in numerous ways, and ahead of her time in a few. …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions the food groups. I recall the food groups showing up around 1980. Posters about them appeared in the school hallways: Meat and Meat Alternatives, Dairy, Fruits and Vegetables, and …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a recent one. A few days back, on my commute home on the bus, I found myself seated in the very back row, looking forward. The bus was very …
Self-tutoring about functions, performances, and so on: the tutor reflects. Decades ago, I was at a Christmas pageant and happened, afterwards, to be in the lobby waiting for my others to meet me so we could go home. I ended …