subject---none. I like to study. But, I had family
problems, and so I have to work as a domestic, on a
part-time basis. But, when I have finished this
shorthand-typing course I will work in an office. Both
my parents are Anglo-Indians, and my grandfather was a
missionary who was born in Glasgow." She wrote a witty
adaptation of a poem by Jarrell which reflected her
situation. It was unfortunate that she had to work as a
servant, because of her family situation, but she was
determined to work in an office, "and learn Bengali and
Hindi". No. 122 was another "Language Casualty" of the
Anglo-Indian school system.
123______Anglo-Indian woman 20 Christian Calcutta 9
August
She was fluent in English, but had never
... understood any Bengali, so, I just failed
my classes. My teachers always put me in the
back of the class. I think I'm a hopeless
case. My brothers also left school before
they reached Class 10. They had failed so
many times in the school. They just could
not learn Bengali or Hindi.
She was also learning shorthand and typing.
124 Anglo-Indian woman 18 Christian Calcutta 9
August
She remembered her grandmother who was an English
missionary. Her father worked on the railway, and she
came to the residential school because she, "could not
manage Class 10 and failed".
125 Anglo-Indian girl 14 Christian Calcutta 9 August
She could not write English.
My eag is 13, I came to ---for study shorthand and
telephone compputter. My best subect is jumping, is my
bad subect I not like praying. In spay time I do my
dariying (diary).
126 Anglo-Indian woman 20 Christian Calcutta 9
August
She had lived in Kharagpur, and her father worked in the
railway. She could not write or speak an Indian
language, and said,
I found my Hindi very difficult and there was
a lot of house problems.
127______Anglo-Indian woman 20 Christian Calcutta 9
August
She could not write English very well, but could speak it
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