Besides that, I've created a list of nearby attractions I want to check out in order to break the routines every now and then. These include Scotland Street School Museum, Bothwell Castle, and Paisley Abbey. And Dundee, but it's not nearby.
Actually the School Museum has already been removed from the list, 'cos I checked it out yesterday. It basically provided all the essential info about the history of education in Scotland. Really interesting stuff for a future teacher. The building was a former school, designed by Macintosh in the beginning of the 1900's, so it was an attraction in itself. There were reconstructed classrooms from the Victorian Era, WWII, and 1950-60's, plus lots of info about the building, Macintosh's involvement in it, the area, and school days in the past (you could actually walk through a school day and read bits about the history of teacher education, the subjects they used to have, school uniforms, girls' and boys' duties, the development of the school system, the effect of WWII, etc.). Really worth a visit.
The staircase. Macintosh's imprint could be seen all around the building.
The entrance hall. Here the kids used to do 'drills' (some sort of light exercise) with their teacher. 'Drilling' later evolved into PE (Physical Education, liikunta).
Cookery class, today's Home Economics. Somehow cute, haha! :D
Wanna play hopscotch? :D
The Victorian classroom. I'd have nothing against preaching on a lifted speaker's stand once in a while :P
The WWII classroom. The desks look a bit more comfortable, still lacking ergonomy though. Note that the lifted stand has disappeared.
The 1950's classroom. Individual desks, what a luxury! They still assumed though that every pupil is of the same size. Feeling a bit nostalgic, mum and dad? :)
There were also two exhibitions on show. The other displayed the winners and almost-winners in an annual nature photography contest arranged by the Natural History Museum in London. Awesome shots. Hard to describe. The other was 'An Alternative Alphabet' by a male artist whose name I cannot recall (the same who designed the cover of The Beatles's album 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band'). I'll find that out and add it here later.
Some of the letters were quite hilarious. Or what would you think if you browsed your kid's ABC book (or whatever they call it) and came across such illustrations as...
B for the Beatles.
K for the King (Elvis Presley).
N for Nude.
3 comments:
Tuntui nostalgiselta nuo yhet pulpetit jeeess! tere isi :käy siellä bothwellin linnassa se liittyy dramaattisesti bruceen muistaakseni!
Bothwellin linna liittyy juu Skotlannin itsenäisyyssotiin, Bruceen ja Wallaceen, kuten myös Paisley Abbey, ja mikä parasta, paikallisbussilla pääsee! Kaikenlaista sitä löytääkin kotinsa lähistöltä.
People should read this.
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