{"id":41042,"date":"2021-02-23T22:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=41042"},"modified":"2021-02-23T22:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:22:50","slug":"retrospect-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/retrospect-cant\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrospect: can’t<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor reflects….<\/h2>\n

At my school grades 4-7, the gym was definitely central. Sports events were popular, and of course every kid had to take PE class, athletic or not. I wasn’t sports-oriented, but I usually enjoyed gym class. The gym was big, so often another class was there as well. It was like a community in there, and always interesting to see what else was going on.<\/p>\n

One year, posters started to appear on the gym walls. They were on poster board, made using markers and coloured pencils, obviously by students. They had a common theme:<\/p>\n\n

The word Can’t<\/em> is not to be used in this gym.<\/h2>\n

I later realized that punishment for mischief had changed from staying after school to making posters – hence the reason so many appeared along the gym walls. As a result, you couldn’t say “I can’t<\/em> do it.” Rather, you had to keep trying.\n<\/p>\n\n

I wonder – does that tradition continue there? I can’t recall seeing such posters anywhere else. Yet, they were comforting at the time, for some reason.<\/p>\n

One final note – the posters were generally much better than one I’d have done. I guess the kids who got detention were generally more artistic than I was.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor reflects…. At my school grades 4-7, the gym was definitely central. Sports events were popular, and of course every kid had to take PE class, athletic or not. I wasn’t …<\/p>\n

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