Gift From the Gallowgate
“The Demonstration School, however, not far from where we lived in Rosemount Viaduct, was a different kettle of fish. It had been established as a training ground for student teachers, who would (hopefully) absorb the lessons being demonstrated by the fully qualified professionals. It accepted children of four . . . provided that they passed certain criteria. I was expected to be able to talk fluently to the person assessing me (Mum wasn’t allowed in the room), but as my Granny could vouch, I could talk the hind legs off a donkey, so that was no problem. I was expected to know the names of colours, fit different shaped blocks into their respective places, draw a man and a house – the man needed a head, two arms coming from just below the head, and two legs, and the house required a door, two windows and a chimney – all of which tests I sailed through. Perhaps I was over-confident, but that seemed to be what they were looking for, and my education began in the August of 1926.
Apart ...from the short nap we were supposed to take after lunch, nothing else of the nursery class remains in my mind.MoreLess
Apart ...from the short nap we were supposed to take after lunch, nothing else of the nursery class remains in my mind.MoreLess
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