Retrospect: The Cosby Show
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects about the 80s comedy hit The Cosby Show. I recall, back in 1984, the first episode of The Cosby Show. I wouldn’t say I found it funny, but it …
Category: retrospect
Retrospect: ants in the lawn
Self-tutoring about a lawn at one of my childhood homes: the tutor reflects… The place we lived where my father took most interest in the yard was in the Annapolis Valley. No surprise: It was a beautiful property, with big …
Retrospect: S and P, part 0
Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor brings up a good recollection. The Annapolis Valley was the only place we lived as a family where we knew people because my parents had lived there before they’d had …
Retrospect: George
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls someone hard to forget… Back in the Annapolis Valley, when I lived there, you could fail a grade. It didn’t commonly happen, but certainly did happen sometimes. The point …
Retrospect: Jimbo
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects. One time in grade five, the teacher told us to write a story about someone in the class, with one catch: it was meant to be about someone you …
Retrospect: Thanksgiving decorations
Self-tutoring about the Thanksgiving time of year: the tutor reflects… When I was a kid, I lived in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, from April of grade four to the end of grade seven. It was a formative time of …
Retrospect: my sister’s preschool
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects… My sister is two years younger than I am. Nowadays, who cares? However, when we arrived on the base in PEI, she was 4 and I was 6. It …
Retrospect: the elementary school
Self-tutoring about people, places, and events from the past: the tutor reflects about a place his sister and he used to frequent. When we lived in the Annapolis Valley, my grandparents lived about 7 miles away, in a slightly bigger …
Retrospect: Smedley
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions someone he never knew. Ages 11-13, I started going to a video arcade. They were the rage then; in a way we were lucky to have one in such …
Retrospect: Choco Loto
Self-tutoring about people, events, and products of the past: the tutor reflects…. I recall, back in grade 5, at Halloween, noticing a new chocolate bar: Choco Loto. I never had one, as far as I remember: I stuck to chocolate …