When I went through elementary school near Kingston, Ontario in the 50's, I learned about dinosaurs from books my family had (which were in Dutch, my true native language), but there was no mention of them at school. Somehow the social context made it clear to me that one doesn't talk about dinosaurs in public. They were taboo, like sex.

I'm glad to hear things are better there now. They're better here in Quebec (where I live) too. The science teacher in my kids' primary school has a dinosaur club, where the kids spend their linch hours making life-size dinosaur models. (well, maybe they're scaled down to fit the room, but they are big,