Jarno interviewed his grandmother, Mia, 67 years old and is father, Frans, 48 years old.

Question: What was the profession of your father/mother?

Mia: My mother just did all the jobs at home, like the cleaning and dishwashing, but my father
worked in a butchery, he treated the meat in such a way to make it last longer.

Frans: My Father was a carpenter at first and then started working in a factory of PHILIPS at the
assembly line of lights. He also was a helper at the local soccer club and took care of all the crops in
the garden. My mother was the one who did all the jobs at home.

Question: Where did you live with your parents?

Mia: Sint Gerardus straat 32, Nederweert eind.

Frans: Vlut 6, Ospel

Question: Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?

Mia: No, not where I was. Boys and girls were just mixed together in one class.

Frans: At primary school, when I was at second grade, I was in a mixed class. My older brother
though, was in the last class and was in a class with only boys.

Question: Was your school a religious school?

Mia: Yes, our school was really catholic we had religion lesson every week.
Frans: Yes, it was called ‘Heilige hart-school’ (translated: holy heart-school) and it was a catholic
school.

Question: How many lessons did you have per day?

Mia: I don’t know anymore, sorry.

Frans: we had like 6 or 7 blocks each day, but sometimes we had 2 times the same lesson right after
eachother.

Question: What kind of extra circullicar activities were organised at your school?

Mia: None, actually. It was just a small school.

Frans: well, at primary school we went to some kind of small amusementpark every year. At
secondary schools it were mainly the teachers who organised free trips to a museum or interesting
movie or something.

Question: When did you start and finish school every day?

Mia: We first had to go to church, then school started at 8.30 (a.m.), we had noon break to go home
and then school ended at 15.00 (3 p.m.).

Frans: I think it was from 8.30 (a.m.) till 15.30 (3.30 p.m.).

Question: How did you go to school?

Mia: at primary school I went by foot, and secondary I took the bike.

Frans: Mostly by bike, only with very harsh winters I would get a ticket for the bus. Only when my
older brother had drivers licence I could get to go with him to school till he fished school.

Question: Were you allowed to ask teachers about everything you wanted to know?

Mia: Well, it was a kind of a religious school so I don’t think you could ask a lot on those matters, but
I don’t know, I never really tried.

Frans: I guess yu could. I don’t remember I moment when I couldn’t.

Question: what about discipline at school? What types of punishments were used?

Mia: We were a very disciplined school. The punishment they used were mostly writing lines,
standing in the corner of the room and if you really didn’t listen the teacher sometimes trew his keys
at you or slammed on your fingers with a ruler.

Frans: we had to go to the headmaster and mostly we then had to clean up the playground after
school or something like that.

Question: Did you like going to school? Explain?

Mia: Yes, I really wanted to learn and it was fun to play with you friends.

Frans: Yes, I was really interested in stuff and I liked to learn a lot. Though, I had a moment when I
thought: why would I learn, I won’t be able to get a job anyway. This is, because in that time, Mr.
Lubbers was pri-minister of the Netherlands, and in that time te netherlandsreally did a lot of saving,
less investments in healthcare or anything, and there were allot of mass layoffs and a shortage of
jobs.
Question: Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays then when you were at school?

Mia: Yes, they have to do a lot more. Of course there is a lot more we know now, so more to learn.

Frans: I don’t think so, but you have a lot more relaxation after school then me, when I was younger.

Billie interviewed his Grandmother, she’s called Truus and is 74 years old and his Father, called
Richard and 50 years old.

Question: Were there schools for boys and seperate schools for girls?

Truus: Yes, but I was on a school with both.

Richard: No.

Question: Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?

Truus: Yes, there were catholic schools and protestant schools.

Richard: No, there were no religious schools.

Question: How many lessons did you have per day?

Truus: 6 or 8. It differs per day, but the school ended at 4 o’clock

Richard: 8 or 10.

Question: What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school

Truus: We were going with the bus to a place but it was really minimal.
Richard: There were no extra-curricular activities.

Question: How did you go to school?

Truus: I walked to school.

Richard: With the bike.

Question: Did you have a lot of homework to make?

Truus: Not really much but sometimes.

Richard: No, only a little bit.

Question: What was the relationship between teachers and students like?

Truus: The teachers were really strict.

Richard: The teachers were very nice to all of us.

Question: What types of punishments were used at your school?

Truus: We made Detention work.

Richard: There were almost no punishments used.

Question: Did you like going to school?

Truus: Yes, I really enjoyed it.
Richard: Yes, I really enjoyed it.

Question: Do you think most students study harder nowadays than when you were young?

Truus: Nowadays the teachers are stricter. But it differs per school.
Richard: Yes, students have to do a lot more than on my time.

Sarah interviewed her Grandmother, Marianne, 67 years old and her father, Jack, 46.

Question: How many people lived in your parents’ family? How many people lived in the same house?

Marianne: My mother came out a family of 6 people in one house. My father out of 7.
I had only 1 sister. Together with my parents that means 4 in total.
Jack: My parents both came out of a family with 5.

Question: What was the profession of your father/mother?

Marianne: My mother took care about us and the house, while my father was a woodworker.
Jack: My mother cared for us and stayed home, while my father was printing books at Smeets.

Question: Where did you live with your parents?

Marianne: I grew up in a house at the Kemp in Roermond.

Jack: Even though my parents were born in Eindhoven, I grew up in Weert.

Question: What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to?

Marianne: I was at school until my 16th, then I started working in an office.

Jack: I went to the Philips van Horne in Weert.

Question: Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?

Marianne: I sat on a school for only girls. There were schools for only boys, too.
Jack: No.

Question: how many lessons did you have per day?

Marianne: It was different everyday. When we had 6 subjects on one day, the other day we could get 8 or 5 or
whatever. Always different.
Jack: 5-8 per day.

Question: What kind of extra-curricular Activities were organised at your school?

Marianne: I don’t really know anymore. I didn’t really participate, so I wasn’t very up to date.
Jack: You could participate in various groups, like sport.

Question: Did you have a lot of homework to make?

Marianne: per subject it was different, but it was quite a lot.

Jack: Not really much.
Question: how did you go to school?

Marianne: I went to school on my bicycle.

Jack: With my bike.

Question: Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?

Marianne: yes, but on very complicated or personal questions I didn’t get an answer.
Jack: Yes, and my parents told me everything.

Question: Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?

Marianne: I think there was, but I’m not sure.

Jack: Yes, but not many people had to use it.

Question: Did you like going to school?

Marianne: Yes, because it was nice to be and talk with my friends.

Jack: Yes! we always made a lot of fun

Question: Do you think most teenagers study harder nowadays then when you were young?

Marianne: I don’t know exactly. By then the teachers were stricter, I think. When your homework wasn’t finished
you would get a punishment.
Jack: I think it`s quite the same.

Tycho interviewed his father, Marcel, 44 years old and his grandmother, Antoinet, 63 years old. Some questions
were only asked to one of them, some to both.

Question: How many people were there in your parents’ family? How many people lived in the same house?
Nuclear or extended family? Explain.

Marcel: 4 people in my parents’ family. All of them. No idea

Antoinet: 11 people. 2 parents, 8 brothers and me. All of them. No idea.

Question: What was the profession of your father / mother?

Marcel: My father worked in the bank as a manager. My mother worked in the hospital
Antoinet: My mother was disabled and my father worked at Philips as an inventor

Question: Where did you live with your parents?

Marcel: Appingedam
Antoinet: Valkenswaard, Dommelen, Budel

Question: Do you remember any historical fact / event when you were a teenager either in India or in the EU or
worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event?

Marcel: Bhopal disaster India. I was impressed because thousands of people were killed. Murder of Indira Gandhi.
I wasn’t impressed
Answer: Yes, Woodstock festival, death of president Kennedy. Everyone was impressed by the death of Kennedy.

Question: Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?

Marcel: No, there weren’t

Antoinet: Yes

Question: Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools?
Marcel: Yes, there were differences

Question: How many lessons did you have per day?

Marcel: I don’t know anymore

Antoinet: +/- 8

Question: What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?

Marcel: I don’t know anymore

Question: When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?

Marcel: It began around 8.00-8.15. There weren’t a set amount of lessons. Sometimes you would have five lessons,
sometimes seven. So I didn’t have a standard time of when I came home. It took about 20 mins to go home.

Question: How did you go to school?

Marcel: I went by bicycle

Antoinet: I went by bike

Question: Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?

Marcel: Yes, if I wanted to know something I could always ask

Question: Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?

Marcel: No

Question: Did you like going to school? Explain.

Marcel: No I didn’t. I knew what job I wanted to have in the future, and most subjects were useless for that.
The only subject I enjoyed was history.
Answer: It depends. If you had fun subjects that day yes, if you had boring subjects no.

Question: Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young?

Marcel: I don’t really know. The school system has changed a lot throughout the years. We used to learn everything
from books. You have to learn on computers and books. But I really don’t know
Answer: Yes, I think they study a lot more intensive than we used to do

Question: Was your school a religious school?

Antoinet: Yes, it was a Catholic school

Question: Were most subjects compulsory?

Antoinet: Yes

Question: Did you have a lot of homework to make?

Antoinet: Yes, a lot

Question: Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.

Antionet: Yes, back then everybody still respected the teacher. If the teacher said something you were quiet. And if th
and start a discussion. They would respect the teacher and punish you even more.

Question: What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used?

Antoinet: Yes, there was discipline. Then you had to go to the principal and you were told about your behaviour.