Here are the interviews. The First answer is from a parent the second answer is from a grandparent.
interviews parents and grandparents
Name: Jannie van genderen, Marco de vries
Gender: female, male
Age: 67, 47
1.How many people were there in your parents family
3,5
2. What was the profession of your father/mother
Father: ironworker and my mother was a housewife
My mother worked for a little while in a restaurant and my father worked with technical installations
3.Where did you live with your parents
In a two high house (Scroll down)
Sliedrecht
4.Do you remember any historical fact/event when you were a teenager
No there wasn’t any historical fact
Yes when they dropped the wall
5. What type of school did you go to as a teenager
I went to the household school so the MBO
The havo
6. Why did your parents choose this school
Because there wasn’t any other school then the MBO
They did not do that consciously
7.Were there school for boys and seperate schools for girls
Yes
No
8.Was your school a religious school
No
No
9. Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools
Yes because we also had a Christian school
Yes because we also had a Christian school and there was the teaching better
10. Was religion a compulsory subject
No
No
11. How many lessons did you have per day
Four or five
A lot more then us right now
12. Were most subjects compulsory
Yes
Yes
13. Did most students prefer sciences or language etc.
Yes
Yes because you needed to choose your own subjects
14. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching
It was good
Quite well
15. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school
Non
Not much, somethings like sports-activities
16. When did you start and finish school every day and when did you get home
8:30 and the last hour was 16:00, 10 minutes
The first hour 08:10 and the last hour 16:00, and it took 45 minutes to get home
17. Did you have a lot of homework to make
No not that much
Yes
18. How did you go to school
With the bike
By bike
19. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students
Not every teachers just some of them
Yes
20. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know
Yes
Yes
21. What was the relation between students and teachers like
With one teacher better then with the other
Good
22. What about disciplines at school, what types of punishments were used
They were strict, you could send away from school coming back a hour
Strict, calling your parents and stay a hour extra at school
23. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems
No
Yes, but not as professional as nowadays
Gender: female, male
Age: 67, 47
1.How many people were there in your parents family
3,5
2. What was the profession of your father/mother
Father: ironworker and my mother was a housewife
My mother worked for a little while in a restaurant and my father worked with technical installations
3.Where did you live with your parents
In a two high house (Scroll down)
Sliedrecht
4.Do you remember any historical fact/event when you were a teenager
No there wasn’t any historical fact
Yes when they dropped the wall
5. What type of school did you go to as a teenager
I went to the household school so the MBO
The havo
6. Why did your parents choose this school
Because there wasn’t any other school then the MBO
They did not do that consciously
7.Were there school for boys and seperate schools for girls
Yes
No
8.Was your school a religious school
No
No
9. Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools
Yes because we also had a Christian school
Yes because we also had a Christian school and there was the teaching better
10. Was religion a compulsory subject
No
No
11. How many lessons did you have per day
Four or five
A lot more then us right now
12. Were most subjects compulsory
Yes
Yes
13. Did most students prefer sciences or language etc.
Yes
Yes because you needed to choose your own subjects
14. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching
It was good
Quite well
15. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school
Non
Not much, somethings like sports-activities
16. When did you start and finish school every day and when did you get home
8:30 and the last hour was 16:00, 10 minutes
The first hour 08:10 and the last hour 16:00, and it took 45 minutes to get home
17. Did you have a lot of homework to make
No not that much
Yes
18. How did you go to school
With the bike
By bike
19. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students
Not every teachers just some of them
Yes
20. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know
Yes
Yes
21. What was the relation between students and teachers like
With one teacher better then with the other
Good
22. What about disciplines at school, what types of punishments were used
They were strict, you could send away from school coming back a hour
Strict, calling your parents and stay a hour extra at school
23. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems
No
Yes, but not as professional as nowadays
Name: Martijn van Rees, Francine Everdina Engelkes
Gender: male - female
Age: 46 - 70
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 2 2
How many people lived in the same house? 5 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear. We were with 5 people, my sisters and parents.
Nuclear, I lived with my parents and my brothers, but sometimes my aunt and parents would visit and stay a couple of months. They came from Indonesia so they didn’t have their own house in the Netherlands.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother?
My father was a university professor and my mother was a housewife.
My father was a soldier and my mother was a housewife.
3. Were did you live with you parents?
We lived in Delft.
We lived in Groningen. (Scroll down)
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event?
Yes, I remember the the wall being build in Germany and the disaster in Chernobyl.
John. F Kennedy was shot and the moon landing happened.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager?
I went to a public school and did VWO.
I went to the lyceum for girls, and later to the lyceum for boys and followed HBS.
2. Why did your parents choose this school?
My parents gave me the chance to choose for myself, so they didn’t really choose it.
It was one of the few catholic schools.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No, not where I went to school, and as far as I can remember they weren’t very usual in my time.
Yes, but I went to a boys school so I don’t think they were too strict about it.
4. Was your school a religious school?
No.
Yes, it was a catholic school.
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools?
The difference wasn’t very big, the only real difference was that in religious schools they had to pray and follow the subject of religion.
I’m not sure, I didn’t go to a non-religious school and I also didn’t know anyone who went to one.
6. Was religion a compulsory subject?
It wasn’t a religious school, so no.
Yes, we also prayed.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day?
It was quite different everyday, some days we had 8 lessons, but other days we only had 4.
I don’t exactly remember, but I think it was around 8.
2. Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still had to do the subjects you chose.
Yes, you didn’t have a choice.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Unlike nowadays, we didn’t choose a standard ‘vakkenpakket’, we could choose the subjects we wanted. This ended in some weird combinations, but it was quite equal.
The languages were some of the most liked subjects, but it did depend on the person.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Of course it depends on the teacher you had, but overall it was good.
It was good, the teachers were very clear.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Just the usual sport days and sometimes there would be a party.
There weren’t any.
3. Time schedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
That depended on the day but most days we began at 8:25am and the latest we could end was at 4:45pm.
We started at 8:30am and ended around 5pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make?
It’s probably because I made almost everything in the lessons, but I felt like there wasn’t a lot of homework.
There was some homework, but if you worked well in the lessons, you didn’t have to do a lot at home.
3. How did you go to school?
By bike.
I walked or by bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
The parents and the teachers barely talked, only on the occasional parent-teacher meetings. But they did get along when they talked.
They were respectful towards each other, but only saw each other a few times a year.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes, there weren’t really any questions you weren’t allowed to ask. Of course sometimes a teacher wouldn’t be able to help you if they didn’t know anything about what you were asking, but they would always try.
You weren’t allowed to ask about things outside of school.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
We weren’t close, but it was definitely more relaxed than nowadays, we called our teachers by their first name and we didn’t have to say ‘u’.
We respected each other, but it was all very formal.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
The only real punishments were having detention or having to come back earlier.
We only had detention, no severe punishments.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
You could talk to your teachers, but as far as I know there wasn’t anyone special for that kind of stuff.
No.
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. I did, I had nice friends and I was pretty good at a lot of subjects. So I definitely didn’t mind going to school.
There were a few subjects I disliked, but I didn’t resent going to school.
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
If I look at the stuff in your third year VWO book of for example math, then I’d say yes. The stuff they teach you in the third year is about what I had in my fifth. But I can imagine that there were also students back then who had a lot of trouble with some subjects, so I don’t know if it’s fair to compare.
I’d say it’s pretty equal to nowadays, maybe there were some differences but not any major ones.
Gender: male - female
Age: 46 - 70
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 2 2
How many people lived in the same house? 5 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear. We were with 5 people, my sisters and parents.
Nuclear, I lived with my parents and my brothers, but sometimes my aunt and parents would visit and stay a couple of months. They came from Indonesia so they didn’t have their own house in the Netherlands.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother?
My father was a university professor and my mother was a housewife.
My father was a soldier and my mother was a housewife.
3. Were did you live with you parents?
We lived in Delft.
We lived in Groningen. (Scroll down)
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event?
Yes, I remember the the wall being build in Germany and the disaster in Chernobyl.
John. F Kennedy was shot and the moon landing happened.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager?
I went to a public school and did VWO.
I went to the lyceum for girls, and later to the lyceum for boys and followed HBS.
2. Why did your parents choose this school?
My parents gave me the chance to choose for myself, so they didn’t really choose it.
It was one of the few catholic schools.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No, not where I went to school, and as far as I can remember they weren’t very usual in my time.
Yes, but I went to a boys school so I don’t think they were too strict about it.
4. Was your school a religious school?
No.
Yes, it was a catholic school.
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools?
The difference wasn’t very big, the only real difference was that in religious schools they had to pray and follow the subject of religion.
I’m not sure, I didn’t go to a non-religious school and I also didn’t know anyone who went to one.
6. Was religion a compulsory subject?
It wasn’t a religious school, so no.
Yes, we also prayed.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day?
It was quite different everyday, some days we had 8 lessons, but other days we only had 4.
I don’t exactly remember, but I think it was around 8.
2. Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still had to do the subjects you chose.
Yes, you didn’t have a choice.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Unlike nowadays, we didn’t choose a standard ‘vakkenpakket’, we could choose the subjects we wanted. This ended in some weird combinations, but it was quite equal.
The languages were some of the most liked subjects, but it did depend on the person.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Of course it depends on the teacher you had, but overall it was good.
It was good, the teachers were very clear.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Just the usual sport days and sometimes there would be a party.
There weren’t any.
3. Time schedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
That depended on the day but most days we began at 8:25am and the latest we could end was at 4:45pm.
We started at 8:30am and ended around 5pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make?
It’s probably because I made almost everything in the lessons, but I felt like there wasn’t a lot of homework.
There was some homework, but if you worked well in the lessons, you didn’t have to do a lot at home.
3. How did you go to school?
By bike.
I walked or by bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
The parents and the teachers barely talked, only on the occasional parent-teacher meetings. But they did get along when they talked.
They were respectful towards each other, but only saw each other a few times a year.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes, there weren’t really any questions you weren’t allowed to ask. Of course sometimes a teacher wouldn’t be able to help you if they didn’t know anything about what you were asking, but they would always try.
You weren’t allowed to ask about things outside of school.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
We weren’t close, but it was definitely more relaxed than nowadays, we called our teachers by their first name and we didn’t have to say ‘u’.
We respected each other, but it was all very formal.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
The only real punishments were having detention or having to come back earlier.
We only had detention, no severe punishments.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
You could talk to your teachers, but as far as I know there wasn’t anyone special for that kind of stuff.
No.
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. I did, I had nice friends and I was pretty good at a lot of subjects. So I definitely didn’t mind going to school.
There were a few subjects I disliked, but I didn’t resent going to school.
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
If I look at the stuff in your third year VWO book of for example math, then I’d say yes. The stuff they teach you in the third year is about what I had in my fifth. But I can imagine that there were also students back then who had a lot of trouble with some subjects, so I don’t know if it’s fair to compare.
I’d say it’s pretty equal to nowadays, maybe there were some differences but not any major ones.
Name: Ismail Celik , Aysan Celik-Ökbek
Gender: male, female
Age: 73, 44
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 4 5
.How many people lived in the same house? 5, 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, we only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
nuclear, no one from other family lived in our house.
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Father, build walls in houses, mom passed away when I was 7
father: teacher, Turkish literature, mother a nurse
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Istanbul, (scroll down)
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
There wasn’t any historical fact, I went trough.
Gulf war, between Iran and Iraq.
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
I quit school when I was 12, and had to work. The school he went to when he was between 7 and 12 was A public school.
Private secondary school.
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was The only school close in my neighborhood
I entered exams and could enter the school, because I passed.
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No, they were all combined. No.
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
? No I went to a public school for every religion. No private school, but no religion.
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Don’t remember, I don’t think so.
yes, the religious school girls had to wear a scarf.
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
No. Yes.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
I only went to primary school and had to follow all lessons. So I had math, history, geography, grammer etc.
3 or 4
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
See question 11,
yes we had to follow all of them.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
They liked all subject, I enjoyed history the most.
Most prefefered science
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
The quality of teaching was really good for that time.
Top quality. They were really good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
There weren’t any activities organised, we just went to school studied and went back home,
theater and sport.
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Go to school at 9 and get back around 3 or 4 o’clock
9 start, ended 4
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
No only once a week
yes a lot of homework
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By foot it was only 2 minutes away from my house
school bus, picked you up at home
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Gender: male, female
Age: 73, 44
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 4 5
.How many people lived in the same house? 5, 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, we only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
nuclear, no one from other family lived in our house.
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Father, build walls in houses, mom passed away when I was 7
father: teacher, Turkish literature, mother a nurse
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Istanbul, (scroll down)
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
There wasn’t any historical fact, I went trough.
Gulf war, between Iran and Iraq.
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
I quit school when I was 12, and had to work. The school he went to when he was between 7 and 12 was A public school.
Private secondary school.
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was The only school close in my neighborhood
I entered exams and could enter the school, because I passed.
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No, they were all combined. No.
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
? No I went to a public school for every religion. No private school, but no religion.
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Don’t remember, I don’t think so.
yes, the religious school girls had to wear a scarf.
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
No. Yes.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
I only went to primary school and had to follow all lessons. So I had math, history, geography, grammer etc.
3 or 4
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
See question 11,
yes we had to follow all of them.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
They liked all subject, I enjoyed history the most.
Most prefefered science
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
The quality of teaching was really good for that time.
Top quality. They were really good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
There weren’t any activities organised, we just went to school studied and went back home,
theater and sport.
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Go to school at 9 and get back around 3 or 4 o’clock
9 start, ended 4
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
No only once a week
yes a lot of homework
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By foot it was only 2 minutes away from my house
school bus, picked you up at home
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Name: Andrea Westerbaan, Ida Westerbaan
Gender: female female
Age: 38 66
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 3 2
How many people lived in the same house? 3 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain. We were only with 3 so I think that’s not really an extended family, I only had one sister and my dad moved when I was really small. Nuclear, we lived with my parents and my brother and I so we weren’t with that much
2. What was the profession of your father/mother? my father was a police officer and my mother was an assistance mother. My father was a department manager at vascular trade and my mother didn’t work she took care of the kids and the house.
3. Were did you live with you parents? We lived in Zwijndrecht. We lived in Zwijndrecht. (Scroll down)
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event? Yes, I remember the Yugoslavian war started, it was really scary because you are young and war is really close. No, I can’t think of something that happened then
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager? A christian Mavo school. A home maintenance school, were you learn to cook, clean, etc. ( like a maid )
2. Why did your parents choose this school? I choose myself I really liked it at first so. There was only one school for girls so you couldn’t really choose, there was also just one school that was close.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? No, that was before my time. Yes girls and boys couldn’t go to the same school yet, boy got to go to a school were you learned and made things and girls got to go to a school like I did.
4. Was your school a religious school? Yes, it was a christian school. Yes, it was a christian school, most of them were at this time.
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools? I don’t think there was a real difference in teaching, however we had religion as a subject and we started and ended the week with a story of the bible. I can’t compare, because there only were christian schools.
6. Was religion a compulsory subject? Yes it was. No we didn’t had real subjects, as girls, with boys it was.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day? It depended on what day it was some days we had 8 lessons, but some days we had only 4. We had 4 lesson a day, but they took more time then the lessons nowadays.
2. Were most subjects compulsory? Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still needed to do the subjects. Yes, you couldn’t choose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? It was equal I think, because everyone wanted something different I choose the combination of history, economics and language, but other people choose different. We didn’t get those subjects, we got cooking, cleaning, taking care, etc.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? Good, there was nothing wrong with it. It was good.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? Non, there was nothing to do. Non there was nothing outside of school to do, we didn’t really have time for that so.
3. timeschedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? That also depended on the day but most days we began at 8:25am and ended on the latest on 4:15pm. We started at 8:30am and ended at 5pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make? No, of course with some subjects we had more homework, but overall we didn’t have a lot of homework. Yes we did, not homework like you no have to do, but we did had to do a lot of homework.
3. How did you go to school? By bike. By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. Yes, by a lot of people it was. But my parents didn’t really care, I did esteem most of the teachers, but some of them I didn’t, but that was mostly because I didn’t like them, because I was a teenager. Yes, you had to it was a normal thing to do, we learned that from a young age on, and I think it’s weird that that should be different now.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? Yes, if it was school related you could ask everything, of course you couldn’t really ask your math teacher about English, but were willing to help you. I didn’t really ask that much, but I think you were aloud to ask questions about a lot.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like? I think the same as nowadays, not to close but also they were interested in your life if something was wrong they could help you. But I think nowadays they both have more respect for each other in my time it mostly were students who respected teachers but I think that changed. We didn’t really had a kind of band they nowadays had, we had respect for them but, there was nothing more.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? There were rules, and you had to keep yourself to the rules, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours. Just like they do now. There were a lot of rules, and if you didn’t keep yourself to the rules there were consequences, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? No. No
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. I didn’t, it was boring, and I just wasn’t interested. Didn’t want to do the homework, didn’t pay attention, I just wasn’t interested. Yes, I did like it, it was really nice. It was nice to see your friends, and to learn new things
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? I think it is the same, maybe the work has become easier but they still put in the same effort. It’s so different now, it’s hard to compare, but I think it’s really hard what they do right no w, but also in our time this was also really hard.
Gender: female female
Age: 38 66
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 3 2
How many people lived in the same house? 3 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain. We were only with 3 so I think that’s not really an extended family, I only had one sister and my dad moved when I was really small. Nuclear, we lived with my parents and my brother and I so we weren’t with that much
2. What was the profession of your father/mother? my father was a police officer and my mother was an assistance mother. My father was a department manager at vascular trade and my mother didn’t work she took care of the kids and the house.
3. Were did you live with you parents? We lived in Zwijndrecht. We lived in Zwijndrecht. (Scroll down)
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event? Yes, I remember the Yugoslavian war started, it was really scary because you are young and war is really close. No, I can’t think of something that happened then
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager? A christian Mavo school. A home maintenance school, were you learn to cook, clean, etc. ( like a maid )
2. Why did your parents choose this school? I choose myself I really liked it at first so. There was only one school for girls so you couldn’t really choose, there was also just one school that was close.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? No, that was before my time. Yes girls and boys couldn’t go to the same school yet, boy got to go to a school were you learned and made things and girls got to go to a school like I did.
4. Was your school a religious school? Yes, it was a christian school. Yes, it was a christian school, most of them were at this time.
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools? I don’t think there was a real difference in teaching, however we had religion as a subject and we started and ended the week with a story of the bible. I can’t compare, because there only were christian schools.
6. Was religion a compulsory subject? Yes it was. No we didn’t had real subjects, as girls, with boys it was.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day? It depended on what day it was some days we had 8 lessons, but some days we had only 4. We had 4 lesson a day, but they took more time then the lessons nowadays.
2. Were most subjects compulsory? Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still needed to do the subjects. Yes, you couldn’t choose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? It was equal I think, because everyone wanted something different I choose the combination of history, economics and language, but other people choose different. We didn’t get those subjects, we got cooking, cleaning, taking care, etc.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? Good, there was nothing wrong with it. It was good.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? Non, there was nothing to do. Non there was nothing outside of school to do, we didn’t really have time for that so.
3. timeschedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? That also depended on the day but most days we began at 8:25am and ended on the latest on 4:15pm. We started at 8:30am and ended at 5pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make? No, of course with some subjects we had more homework, but overall we didn’t have a lot of homework. Yes we did, not homework like you no have to do, but we did had to do a lot of homework.
3. How did you go to school? By bike. By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. Yes, by a lot of people it was. But my parents didn’t really care, I did esteem most of the teachers, but some of them I didn’t, but that was mostly because I didn’t like them, because I was a teenager. Yes, you had to it was a normal thing to do, we learned that from a young age on, and I think it’s weird that that should be different now.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? Yes, if it was school related you could ask everything, of course you couldn’t really ask your math teacher about English, but were willing to help you. I didn’t really ask that much, but I think you were aloud to ask questions about a lot.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like? I think the same as nowadays, not to close but also they were interested in your life if something was wrong they could help you. But I think nowadays they both have more respect for each other in my time it mostly were students who respected teachers but I think that changed. We didn’t really had a kind of band they nowadays had, we had respect for them but, there was nothing more.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? There were rules, and you had to keep yourself to the rules, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours. Just like they do now. There were a lot of rules, and if you didn’t keep yourself to the rules there were consequences, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? No. No
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. I didn’t, it was boring, and I just wasn’t interested. Didn’t want to do the homework, didn’t pay attention, I just wasn’t interested. Yes, I did like it, it was really nice. It was nice to see your friends, and to learn new things
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? I think it is the same, maybe the work has become easier but they still put in the same effort. It’s so different now, it’s hard to compare, but I think it’s really hard what they do right no w, but also in our time this was also really hard.
Interviews childeren
Name: Sascha Westerbaan
Gender: female
Age: 14
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 4,3
How many people lived in the same house? 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain. We were only with 4 so I think that’s not really an extended family, I only have one sister.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother? Were did you live with you parents? We live in Zwijndrecht.
3. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event? Yes, the manchester bomb attack at Ariana Grande’s concert. A terrorist took the live of 22 children, who were just there for a concert. I went to the same concert, in Amsterdam, a few weeks before that happened and I feel so so so sorry for the people who had to experience that bomb attack. I can’t imagine what it would feel like. Normally you walk out of the concert hall with that amazing feeling, but these people were scared to death. That had such a big impact on me, even though I wasn’t even there.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager? A public mavo/havo/geo/gymnasium.
2. Why did your parents choose this school? I choose myself, I liked the school in general, but especially of the tto programme
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? No, that was before my time. Was your school a religious school? No it’s a public school
4. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools? I don’t think there was a real difference in teaching, however religious schools have religion as a subject.
5. Was religion a compulsory subject? No it isn’t
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day? It depended on what day it is some days we have 8 lessons from 50 min long, but some days we have only 4.
2. Were most subjects compulsory? Yes, after the third year you choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still to do the subjects, based on the way you choose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? It was equal I think, because everyone wanted something different I choose the combination of history, economics and language, but other people choose different.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? Good, there is nothing wrong with it.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? Yes, there is a theatre club.
3. timeschedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? That also depended on the day but most days we began at 8:20am and ended on the latest on 5:00pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make? No, of course with some subjects we have more homework, but overall we don’t have a lot of homework, because we can do a lot in the lessons .
3. How did you go to school? By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. Yes, with me it is, they always say I have to listen and so up and if I don’t there are a lot of consequences
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? Yes, if it was school related you can ask everything, of course you can’t ask questions about your personal life, but they are willing to help you, most of the time
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like? Just a bit distant but also close, you can ask questions, but it aren’t your friends or something.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? There are rules, and you had to keep yourself to the rules, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? Yes
5. Do you like going to school? Explain. I do, I kinda like studying so
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? I think it is the same, maybe the work has become easier but they still put in the same effort and try maybe even harder.
Gender: female
Age: 14
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 4,3
How many people lived in the same house? 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain. We were only with 4 so I think that’s not really an extended family, I only have one sister.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother? Were did you live with you parents? We live in Zwijndrecht.
3. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event? Yes, the manchester bomb attack at Ariana Grande’s concert. A terrorist took the live of 22 children, who were just there for a concert. I went to the same concert, in Amsterdam, a few weeks before that happened and I feel so so so sorry for the people who had to experience that bomb attack. I can’t imagine what it would feel like. Normally you walk out of the concert hall with that amazing feeling, but these people were scared to death. That had such a big impact on me, even though I wasn’t even there.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager? A public mavo/havo/geo/gymnasium.
2. Why did your parents choose this school? I choose myself, I liked the school in general, but especially of the tto programme
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? No, that was before my time. Was your school a religious school? No it’s a public school
4. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools? I don’t think there was a real difference in teaching, however religious schools have religion as a subject.
5. Was religion a compulsory subject? No it isn’t
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day? It depended on what day it is some days we have 8 lessons from 50 min long, but some days we have only 4.
2. Were most subjects compulsory? Yes, after the third year you choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still to do the subjects, based on the way you choose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? It was equal I think, because everyone wanted something different I choose the combination of history, economics and language, but other people choose different.
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? Good, there is nothing wrong with it.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? Yes, there is a theatre club.
3. timeschedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? That also depended on the day but most days we began at 8:20am and ended on the latest on 5:00pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make? No, of course with some subjects we have more homework, but overall we don’t have a lot of homework, because we can do a lot in the lessons .
3. How did you go to school? By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. Yes, with me it is, they always say I have to listen and so up and if I don’t there are a lot of consequences
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? Yes, if it was school related you can ask everything, of course you can’t ask questions about your personal life, but they are willing to help you, most of the time
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like? Just a bit distant but also close, you can ask questions, but it aren’t your friends or something.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? There are rules, and you had to keep yourself to the rules, the consequences were cleaning with the concierge or coming back for some hours.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? Yes
5. Do you like going to school? Explain. I do, I kinda like studying so
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? I think it is the same, maybe the work has become easier but they still put in the same effort and try maybe even harder.
Name: Robin de vries
Gender: female
Age: 14
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 5
How many people lived in the same house? 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, he only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Mom: she works with elderly people and, dad cool installations
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Hendrik Ido ambacht,
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
No
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
Secondary school
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was just a good school
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
No, it was a public school
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Yes, girls can only wear skirts on the religious schools
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
Yes at primary school.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
Per day we have Monday 7, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 4, Thursday5, Friday 8
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes till third year.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Most the languages
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Sportsday, day of the French language
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Start 8:20 end 15:55
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
Yes
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By bike
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Yes if you aren’t behaving or getting good grades they’ll have a talk
20.Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes
21.What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
I think our tutor know us still the best
22.What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
Coming back the 8th hour or the 9th hour
23.Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
Yes
24.Did you like going to school? Explain.
Sometimes, because we have to weak up early
Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
No we are more addicted to social media
Gender: female
Age: 14
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 5
How many people lived in the same house? 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, he only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Mom: she works with elderly people and, dad cool installations
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Hendrik Ido ambacht,
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
No
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
Secondary school
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was just a good school
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
No, it was a public school
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Yes, girls can only wear skirts on the religious schools
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
Yes at primary school.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
Per day we have Monday 7, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 4, Thursday5, Friday 8
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes till third year.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Most the languages
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Sportsday, day of the French language
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Start 8:20 end 15:55
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
Yes
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By bike
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Yes if you aren’t behaving or getting good grades they’ll have a talk
20.Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes
21.What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
I think our tutor know us still the best
22.What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
Coming back the 8th hour or the 9th hour
23.Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
Yes
24.Did you like going to school? Explain.
Sometimes, because we have to weak up early
Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
No we are more addicted to social media
Name: Minne van Rees
Gender: female
Age: 14
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 3
How many people lived in the same house? 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear. We’re 4 with people so my sister and parents.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother?
My mother is a team leader at a housing corporation and my father works in the IT department.
3. Were did you live with you parents?
In Zwijndrecht
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event?
Donald Trump became president, I didn’t expect it with his reputation and it was big news worldwide.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager?
I go to a public school and I’m doing VWO
2. Why did your parents choose this school?
My sister already went to this school, so it was easier to plan things.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
Not anywhere near me, but I’m sure they still exist.
4. Was your school a religious school?
No
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools?
I have never been to a religious school, so I don’t know if there are any differences
6. Was religion a compulsory subject?
It wasn’t a religious school, so no.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day?
It was very different everyday, some days we had 8 lessons, but other days we only had 4.
2. Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still had to do the subjects you chose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
It depends on the class and what level and type of subjects they’re following in the first years, the bilingual classes are most of the time more attracted to the language side. However the technical classes seem to prefer the sciences, so it was all pretty equal
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
It depends on the teacher you have, but most of them were good.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
We have some sports days and field trips and sometimes a play or a talent show.
3. Time schedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
That depended on the day but most days we began at 8:20am and the latest we could end was at 4:45pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make?
That depends on the subject, but if you add everything up I would say it can be quite a lot.
3. How did you go to school?
By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
The parents and the teachers don’t talk very often but when they do it always goes well.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
You’re allowed to ask what you want, but not every question you have can be answered.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
It’s pretty formal, you can’t call teachers by their first name. But it’s way to show respect.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
The only real punishments were having detention or having to come to school at 7:45.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
We have people for a lot of different stuff, so almost anything you are struggling with can be helped.
5. Did you like going to school? Explain.
Of course it’s not my favourite thing, but I’m very motivated to graduate and it can be fun with friends.
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
I think the biggest difference is in levels, so if you have a lower level and you’re doing an average level I can imagine it was a lot harder. But if you had a higher level and you’re doing an average level then I can imagine it was a lot easier.
Gender: female
Age: 14
General questions
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? 3
How many people lived in the same house? 4
Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear. We’re 4 with people so my sister and parents.
2. What was the profession of your father/mother?
My mother is a team leader at a housing corporation and my father works in the IT department.
3. Were did you live with you parents?
In Zwijndrecht
4. Do you remember a historical fact/event when you were a teenager? This can be in India, the Eu, or worldwide. Why were you impressed by that event?
Donald Trump became president, I didn’t expect it with his reputation and it was big news worldwide.
1. Types of schools
1. What type of school (age 12-18) did you go to as a teenager?
I go to a public school and I’m doing VWO
2. Why did your parents choose this school?
My sister already went to this school, so it was easier to plan things.
3. Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
Not anywhere near me, but I’m sure they still exist.
4. Was your school a religious school?
No
5. Was there a difference between an religious schools and non-religious schools?
I have never been to a religious school, so I don’t know if there are any differences
6. Was religion a compulsory subject?
It wasn’t a religious school, so no.
2. subjects
1. How many lessons did you have per day?
It was very different everyday, some days we had 8 lessons, but other days we only had 4.
2. Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes, after the third year you could choose what kind of way you wanted to go with your future, but then you still had to do the subjects you chose.
3. Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
It depends on the class and what level and type of subjects they’re following in the first years, the bilingual classes are most of the time more attracted to the language side. However the technical classes seem to prefer the sciences, so it was all pretty equal
4. How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
It depends on the teacher you have, but most of them were good.
5. What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
We have some sports days and field trips and sometimes a play or a talent show.
3. Time schedule
1. When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
That depended on the day but most days we began at 8:20am and the latest we could end was at 4:45pm.
2. Did you have a lot of homework to make?
That depends on the subject, but if you add everything up I would say it can be quite a lot.
3. How did you go to school?
By bike.
4. Teachers
1. Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
The parents and the teachers don’t talk very often but when they do it always goes well.
2. Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
You’re allowed to ask what you want, but not every question you have can be answered.
3. What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
It’s pretty formal, you can’t call teachers by their first name. But it’s way to show respect.
4. What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
The only real punishments were having detention or having to come to school at 7:45.
5. Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
We have people for a lot of different stuff, so almost anything you are struggling with can be helped.
5. Did you like going to school? Explain.
Of course it’s not my favourite thing, but I’m very motivated to graduate and it can be fun with friends.
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
I think the biggest difference is in levels, so if you have a lower level and you’re doing an average level I can imagine it was a lot harder. But if you had a higher level and you’re doing an average level then I can imagine it was a lot easier.
Name: Selin Celik
Gender: female
Age: 14
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 5,5
How many people lived in the same house? 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, he only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Mom: air and sound advisor, dad engineer
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Hendrik Ido ambacht,
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
No
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
Secondary school
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was a good school
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
No, it was for everyone
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Yes, girls can only wear skirts
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
Yes at primary school.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
Per day we have Monday 7, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday 8
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes till third year.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Most the languages
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Sportsday, day of the French
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Start 8 end 4
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
Yes
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By bike
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Yes if you aren’t behaving or getting good grades they’ll have a talk
20.Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes
21.What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
I think our tutor know us still the best
22.What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
Coming back the 8th hour
23.Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
Yes
24.Did you like going to school? Explain.
Sometimes, because we have to weak up early
Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
No we are more addicted to social media
Gender: female
Age: 14
1.How many people were there in your parents’ family? 5,5
How many people lived in the same house? 5
.Nuclear or extended family? Explain.
Nuclear, he only lived with his father brothers and sister etc. not with other family members
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? Mom: air and sound advisor, dad engineer
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - GoogleMaps)? Hendrik Ido ambacht,
4. Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?
No
5. What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager
Secondary school
6.Why did your parents choose this school?
It was a good school
7.Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
No
8.Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...)
No, it was for everyone
9.Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Yes, girls can only wear skirts
10.Was religion a compulsory subject?
Yes at primary school.
11.How many lessons did you have per day?
Per day we have Monday 7, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday 8
12.Were most subjects compulsory?
Yes till third year.
13.Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology?
Most the languages
14.How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
Good
15.What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Sportsday, day of the French
16.When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Start 8 end 4
17.Did you have a lot of homework to make?
Yes
18.How did you go to school (bus, on foot)?
By bike
19.Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.
Yes if you aren’t behaving or getting good grades they’ll have a talk
20.Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
Yes
21.What was the relationship between teachers and students like?
I think our tutor know us still the best
22.What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?
Coming back the 8th hour
23.Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
Yes
24.Did you like going to school? Explain.
Sometimes, because we have to weak up early
Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?
No we are more addicted to social media