We are Fay, Natalie and Merel (from left to right) and our subject is school life.
Merel(group leader): Hi I'm Merel and I am 14 years old. I have one brother, Max and I live with my parents. I like to be with friends in my free time. I like to sleep as well. I love listening to music. When I finish school, I want to be a ground stewardess.
Natalie: I'm 14 years old and I live with my mother. I have one stepsister. We have a dog, Spikey and fishes, Vlekje and Mohammed. I like to listen to music and chill with friends in my free time. I love food! My favourite food is Gado-gado. I want to open my own business when I finish school or be a flight attendant.
Fay: Hi I'm Fay and I'm 14 years old. I have one sister and we live with our parents. I like to hang out with friends and sleep when I have free time. My favourite food is pizza. I want to join the armed forces when I finish this school, or a trooper (Marechaussee in Dutch).
Part 2: Research
2.1 People to be interviewed Peter,man , 46 years old
Veronika, womand, 35 years old
Carlo, man , 51 years old
Miranda, woman, 48 years old
Cor, man, 79 years old
Coby, woman, 75 years old
2.2 Interview questions
General questions:
A short description of the family.
Where did you live with your parents (please add map/ Google map)
Historical fact/event
Main question:Do students have to work harder to be successful at school in 2018 than at the time your grandparents/parents were teenagers? Subquestions 1-5 are related to the time the people interviewed were about 14 years old. 1. Types of schools
What type of school (for students 12-18 years old) did you go to as a teenager?
Why did your parents choose this school?
Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls?
Did your sister(s)/brother(s) – if you had any – go to the same school? Why, why not?
Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant ..) ?
Was there a difference between religious schools and not religious schools?
Was religion a compulsory subject?
2. Subjects
How many lessons did you have per day?
Were most subjects compulsory?
Did most of students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/ biology?
How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching?
What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school?
Did you do any extra-curricular activities?
3. Timeschedule
When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home?
Did you have a lot of home work to make?
How did you go to school (bus, walking).
4. Teachers
Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain
Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know?
What was the relationship between teachers and students?
What about disciplin at school? What types of punishment were there?
Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?
5. Did you like going to school? Explain.
2.3 Conclusion In our comparison between the parents and grandparents, we found that our parents have a lot of differences. Natalies mom did not go to school and she lived in another country. Natalies mom has moved to the Netherlands 15 years ago, when Natalie was born. Fay’s mom and dad lived their whole life in the Netherlands. When they were 6 years old they were going to school, the elementary School. When they were teenagers they were going to secondary school. And when they were 16/17 they went to college or other higher education (university). After finishing the higher education, Fay's parents got a job.