Self-tutoring about changes of scenery: the tutor reflects. Driving the kids to school years ago, I’d see many other people on their way places. Some I saw weekly: whether our paths crossed was just a matter of timing. However, I …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions the tradition of the spirit duplicator. I started elementary school in 1975. My kindergarten year, we didn’t do much work at our seats, as I recall. In grade one, …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls a classmate. When I moved to the Annapolis Valley in April 1980, I was in grade four. I don’t recall meeting Sally that grade or that summer. Yet, in …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor looks back on 2021. Thinking back on 2021, two events immediately come to mind: I got vaccinated against COVID in Oct/Nov and Canada had a federal election on Sept 20. …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions snowmobile boots. When I lived on the base in PEI, grades one to four, the kids there often had the same stuff. It makes sense, of course, that people …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor shares a Christmas Eve story. There was a time before I had kids when life was unstructured. When I wasn’t working or working on an assignment, the day was open. …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a change in an environment he noticed. Years ago I knew someone who seemed like a smoker. However, when you got to know him, you realized he definitely wasn’t. …
Self-tutoring about geography: the tutor mentions the idea of a “tidal wave.” Back when I was a kid, “tidal wave” meant a big wave. They came to be associated with danger. I never thought of the literal meaning of “tidal …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor continues about language from the 70s. During the 70s and first half of the 80s, I lived in the Maritimes and Newfoundland, where perhaps popular culture took longer to penetrate …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor begins about 70s language. I recall the 70s, but was very young, so likely missed a lot: Before I knew it, the 80s arrived. The 70s were tumultuous, even a …