Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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51. When school education ended in third grade

D IPLOM of maturity, Bachelor, Master, today's youth, in education, do not suffer some of the most illiteracy, indeed. Super-educated, culturally superpreparati, spent the first twenty years of their existence in the study of knowledge: in 10,000 years of human history, is the first time that knowledge is taught to generations of children around the world!

None of them can imagine what the state went to school their grandparents or great-grandparents.

In the small town of Emilia St. John's , the year 1930 is the watershed education. Those born before, went to school only until the third grade. The others (generated from 1930 to 1949) ended the fifth grade. After 1950 the obligation, in Italy, was extended to secondary schools.

education patched to tell of past generations, we test Adele, born in the late twenties of 900. She, more than the sisters, had the good fortune of doing a few months of the fourth. But, like the others, before going to school, had to graze the sheep: up at dawn, then off to camps and woods, returning home with those damned beasts escaping from all sides, then, apron, folder, provided wood for the stove during the winter, and travel to school. At 8:30 am, like you, all children in the country, gathered at Cà d' Funsin in a room where the only teacher, Theresa Munafo, provide teaching three classes at once. Auctions and point the first year, learning to write. The second, a bit 'of arithmetic and writing and, third, writing, reading and arithmetic.

Children were numerous and the same teacher had two rounds of pupils: in the morning and afternoon. The teacher, which followed more than 30 students at a time, holding only the first hour, maybe two, then most of the time, his head resting on his chair, sank into a restful sleep. At that point, when he began to snore, the children not to wake her up slowly, one by one, slipping away into the courtyard and the lesson for that day was over. In fact, there were no janitors, and the teacher fall in trance, they could do whatever they wanted.
Nobody was surprised that much, even parents who knew what had to suffer this poor woman. Farming families were not as convinced of education, believing their children only arms to work in the fields. At the time the children were cared for and very little, least spoiled.

In every house you buy a single subsidiary, which then passed to a number of younger siblings.
tools of the pupil were: pen, ink, and ink, blotting paper, pencil, and notebook with black cover (those who remember it?) And, for the few wealthy, even crayons. The folder was made with jute, which served to make the bags to carry grain or potatoes. Some loving mothers added some embroidery, and schoolgirls appreciated.

The teachers were strict and could afford any corporal punishment. In general it was the line that ended up on the hands or head of school children. But there were also kicked and slapped students inattentive or boys, and the punishment more humiliating for a child, his hat 's "ass" in his head. There are also the one behind the knee on the blackboard in wheat grains. I was told, in this regard, which put behind the board, which was near the stove where the teacher had placed the stock with a little 'chicken for her lunch, a schoolgirl, hungry, he ate everything. Since that day, the teacher has not been for punishment!
The student beaten up, not ventured never to complain to their parents because, otherwise, at home, would receive twice the barrel.

Adele The problem occurred the year that has gone to another school, to follow the fourth that did not exist in his township. The naps of his teacher were heard, because all the children of Pas Ca had learned very little from those of Predieri , followed by very severe teacher Sorriva . Discouraged, many after a few months, have withdrawn from school. That's why the whole generation that had the teacher sleepyhead found itself, in terms of education, with empty-handed!

But the human being has unlimited resources and what our mothers, grandmothers or great-grandmothers did not learn in school, have learned very well from life! So do not be sapientelli with them, they know many other things that you do not even imagine.
Barbara Bertolini


(Photo taken from the interesting site: http://www.quintocd.it/content/view/ 2382/163 /
San Francisco School of Altamura, which, however, reflects what they were rural schools all over the Apennines).

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