The unspoken codes of the Canadian school community seeped into my life over the next few weeks. I particularly enjoyed Mr Van Reemer’s English class which was held in the school library. He asked the class to prepare a talk on their favourite book. Out of curiosity or maybe vague remembrance, I picked up The Diary of Anne Frank  and devoured it. The day came for my turn to speak and the students sat lined along tables set up in a U-shape in the library. They jostled, leanin