The name is absent

with writing English. A 13 year old Anglo-Indian girl
wrote this description of herself.

My nice subjet is English. I like moosic,
and my not nice subjet is Greorghy
(geography). I came because I hate my old
school. (From here onwards the words are not
separated) Nomoneealltimeshoot (No money all
time shout) crialltim. (cry all the time).
jobnodad (Dad had no job) Imusbedokkter. (I
must become a doctor).

Some of the girls were totally disinterested, and only
showed an interest when they were invited to join the
group photograph. They did complete their "paper work",
and handed the sheets in much later. They apologised for
being disinterested.

Sorry, but we were fed up with writing and
doing school work. But we've completed the
work for you.

They had made one set of comments and had neatly copied
it out eight times.

433-450 Anglo-Indians 18 boys 14-16 Christian Ketti 2
August

None of these boys were bilingual. This group interview
was held very late in the evening. It was completed very
quickly, because the group was very tired. They did
however, bring their exercise books and folders to the
interview.

451-474 TknqlO-Indians 14 men and 10 women 20-70
Christian Ketti 2 August

This group of Anglo-Indians were well-informed,
articulate and genuinely concerned about the drop-outs in
the community. One Anglo-Indian spoke of his own
experience in an Anglo-Indian school.

I was terrified of the second language. It
was pretty awful, failing so many times. And
the tuition for the second language was very
expensive.

An Anglo-Indian woman said,

Religion is the strong base of our lives, and
Christmas and Easter are highlighted, and we
prefer to send our children to a Christian
school.

The group were aware of the low achievement levels in the
community. One man said,

I am sure Anglo-Indians abroad who hear of
the poverty in the community must be very

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