We Survived: Collected Memories of School Days at PLC Armidale - 1936 to 1964 - Couverture souple

Perrott, Christine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0645153273 ISBN 13 : 9780645153279

Editeur : Leschenault Press, 2021

Synopsis

This collection of fascinating reminisces captures the school days of those girls who attended the Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) in Armidale, New South Wales during the period 1936 to 1964.

Were their experiences to occur today they would surely cause gasps of horror. Not that there was anything immoral or illegal happening, the standards of accommodation, meals and uniform requirements were simply of their time; a time which included the war and post-war years with its attendant shortages, rationing and family losses.

Despite the strictures, what shines through is the abiding emotional attachment the Old Girls have for their school and the friendships made, as well as the school's emphasis on encouraging individual strengths and talents, its stress on the belief that women should pursue a career and its complete lack of social snobbery.

There are tales of girls 'getting up to no good' and as well as being amusing, these forays into naughtiness indicate that spirit and risk-taking cannot be extinguished, whatever the prevailing conditions. Ultimately it was these very conditions that provided a test of character and resilience.

Ask PLC Old Girls of the 1936-1964 period what they think of it all and they'll laugh, give a shrug and say, as they do in some of the memories within this book, 'We survived.'

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christine Perrott has lived in the Northern Tablelands of NSW since the age of 11 and started at PLC Armidale as a boarder in 1953.After the Leaving Certificate she did an Arts degree at UNE after which she had her first job as the Graduate Assistant at External Studies, the administrative arm of UNE's distance education provision. After marrying a sheep grazier and producing two sons she returned to study and undertook a Dip.Ed. in Infants Teaching. She never became an infants' teacher as planned but was head-hunted by Armidale Teachers College (ATC) and began a career there, starting as an Assistant Lecturer. Twenty-five years and two post graduate degrees (MEd.(Hons) and a PhD) later, she finished as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, UNE which had amalgamated with ATC.She has written two books, Classroom Talk and Pupil Learning, HBJ and Patient Fortitude, Sid Harta. As part of her job she had many articles published in academic journals, gave many addresses and workshops at conferences, and in her retirement edited newsletters for various organisations. She is an enthusiastic fisher having tried her luck as far north as the Tiwi Islands, knits garments with complicated patterns, loves doing her daily cryptic crossword, reading novels, attending classical music concerts, gardening, watching movies, writing letters to the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, travelling overseas, and catching up with friends. With four grown up grandchildren she also enjoys family get-togethers.Much of her time is given as a volunteer to community organisations such as Helping Children and Families, she is a member of the Management Committee of the North and Northwest Community Legal Service, Vice President of Friends of Armidale Teachers College and still mentors and tutors post graduate students as well as recent Ezidi refugee arrivals to Armidale. COVID-19 curtailed most of these enjoyments and she looks forward to receiving the vaccination and resuming loved activities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leschenault Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0645153273
• ISBN 13: 9780645153279
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 153
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