The name is absent

2.1.8. A computer studies class (16+) in a co-educational
school in Tamil Nadu

There were twelve students in this class. The four Anglo-
Indians were grouped around one computer. They were
attentive and answered questions correctly. However, this
class was the lowest ability class in computer studies in
the 16+ age range.

2.1.9. A typing class (18+ - 20+) in a girls' school in
West Bengal

There were forty young women in this class. The Anglo-
Indians were either poor spellers, could not write Bengali
or were drop outs from other schools. There was one Anglo-
Indian woman (18 + ) who was the exception. She typed an
adaptation of Randall Jarrell's poem "A Girl in a Library"
and gave it to the researcher during the typing class. Her
poem summed up her educational experience of Indian
language teaching and learning in an Anglo-Indian school.

I'm studying typing ...

If only I were not!

Assignments, recipes, the Official Rulebook of
Basketball - ah let them go, I needn't mind.
I've Hindi to learn and Bengali to understand

My soul has no other assignments, neither
cooks
Nor referees: It wastes its time - because
it' s
Hindi time! It wastes its time - because it's
Hindi time! (11)

This was an example of Anglo-Indian talent which was
wasted. Her knowledge of English was excellent, but she

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