\nWhen I moved to the Annapolis Valley in spring 1980, the pace of my life increased because the big school – 700 kids – was a lot to navigate. I liked it from the start, but coming from a small school of about 130 kids, some things just got by me. Moreover, I arrived at the end of fourth grade: I’d never been a “little kid” at the big school. In the blur of learning my way around, I noticed that I’d already missed some things that school offered, since I’d been elsewhere. It was the first time I had such a realization, but wouldn’t be the last.<\/p>\n
\nLike normal in elementary school, our class visited the library sometimes to sign out books and bring back the ones we had. However, because I was already in grade four, our class went to a different part of the library from where the K-3 students went. We walked past the K-3 area to get to ours.<\/p>\n
A book I noticed every time we went, that year and the next, was Bear, Your Manners are Showing<\/em>. The book attracted me; I wanted to read it. It remained on display, in the same place, April to the end of my grade four year, then throughout my grade five year. I remember it had a picture of a bear on the cover.<\/p>\n \nI realized that I would have read Bear, Your Manners are Showing<\/em>, had I been there in K-3. However, it was too late: I’d arrived in grade four, and that book was out of bounds.<\/p>\n \nAny day, I could have just walked over, picked Bear, Your Manners are Showing<\/em> from the shelf, and read it standing there. I could’ve done so after school or even before: I’m sure the library was open outside of classroom hours. Yet, because of social convention, I never did, even though that book fetched my attention every time I walked past.<\/p>\n \nEver since, I recall Bear, Your Manners are Showing<\/em> every now and then, as it sat on the shelf there, 1980 -1981. Today I looked it up: online it says that it was published in 1987.<\/p>\n In 1987, I was on the west coast in high school; there’s no chance what I relate could’ve happened there and then, or any time since. I maintain that I saw Bear, Your Manners are Showing<\/em> in 1980-81 on the library shelf just as I’ve described. Am I right?<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n goodreads.com<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about psychology: the tutor mentions a possible case of the Mandela effect. When I moved to the Annapolis Valley in spring 1980, the pace of my life increased because the big school – 700 kids – was a lot …<\/p>\n