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School Curriculae (was Cussing)
"Yowie" wrote in message
... snip a tale of a young girl studying a traditional 'boys only' subject ...our stories show just how much effect teachers - both good and bad - can have on people's lives long into adulthood. At my secondary comprehensive ("high") school, we had to make choices at aged 14 (for me, that was in 1975) about what subjects to study to GCE O' Level or CSE (the standard qualifications, at the time, for 16-y-o's in the UK). These choices were constrained by the timetable planners, and some subjects were compulsory. It was compulsory to study English, Mathematics, at least one science, and one foreign language. The 'options' usually forced the boys to take one of three technical subjects as well (Technical Drawing, Metalwork, Woodwork). The timetable planner (yes, ONE teacher!) hadn't even considered there may be some pupils (such as my older brother) who were absolutely useless at the technical subjects, but were also very bright and got excellent results in academic subjects. My brother was the first to force a change in this rule, and was able to study all academic subjects instead. A friend of mine wanted to become a dentist - which meant he would have to take three sciences (chemistry, physics, biology) - but Mrs. Annan, who planned the timetable, had never even considered the possibility that a pupil from our school would be bright enough or have enough ambition to study those three subjects. Fortunately, his mother was also a teacher at the school (she taught Remedial English for pupils who had problems with literacy), and was able to force some changes to allow this as a possible choice. So yes, indeed, teachers have a great influence (both good and bad). At 16, it's just not possible for a young adult to understand exactly how many different careers are available, and teacher's advice tends to stick with traditional options - such as engineering, banking, nursing, etc... -- MatSav --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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