20
Date
26.10.79
22
18
E2
SS2
It doesn’t seem like that at C, does it.
When X came he was giving us a seminar and he
was saying how wonderful it all is and then all
of us, when we’re there in the morning, he just
stands up and shouts at the kids all morning.
So
as
I mean, everybody has commented on that,
it’s like the difference between the theory
presented by the head of department and what
we actually see.
I think really as well if you believe in
it, in the ethos of teaching you know in your
own mind how you want to teach, then you face
the situation that, for instance, take School
E, for the two days I’ve been there, it’s quite
impossible for me to teach in a School E
situat ion
because the kids are so
E2
Yeah, but you haven’t really given it a
chance .....
SS2
But there again that’s something that's
really quite hard to cope with because there’s
not many schools really that fit into our kind
of framework of
I know
changes on a limited scale
, you can make certain
but basically the
system is the controlling factor and you could
You go into a school where
be very unhappy,
you can’t fit in
E2
It may take years to find the right school.
It depends how progressive your ideas are because
if they're really, really progressive then you'll
never find the school.
20
Date
26.10.79
20
E2
I did a training course for English as
a Foreign Language and I was taught and I was
given a basic fɪamework with which to teach and,
of course, I had to fill it out - with experience.
The security of that structure
however
is anathema to a fellow student:
E3
I think they’re taught how to do that in
Modern Languages and they’re finding the course
really boring .....