Willy Notenboom 60 years old Female 1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? ''7, 3 boys and 4 girls.'' How many people lived in the same house?'' 9 peoples'' 2. What was the profession of your father / mother? ''My father was a carpenter, and my mother a housewife.'' 3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - Google Maps)? ''I Lived in H.I. 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? ''The carless sunday in de 70's, and the underground nuclear experiment in India. I didnt know much about it because we didn't have a phone or television, and the paper wasn't really my thing.''
Specific questions 1 – 5 are related to the time when 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? ''Guido de Bres Rotterdam, it was a reformatic school.'' • Why did your parents choose this school? ''My parents believed in god so i needed to go because of the religion.'' • Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? ''I dont know, but i think so.'' • Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...) ? ''Yes, it was a protestant school.'' • Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? ''I think so, but i dindt experience those schools.'' • Was religion a compulsory subject? ''Yes.''
2. Subjects • How many lessons did you have per day? ''A avarage of 6 hours.'' • Were most subjects compulsory? ''Yes all the subjects where compulsory.'' • Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? ''We didnt have profiels like now. But netherlands and English where compulsory, and you needed to choose 4 subjects.'' • How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? ''As a kid you dont really think about the kwality, but i think it was.'' • What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? ''I went in the 4 klass to Belgium for 3 days, but not anymore after that.''
3. Timeschedule • When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? ''I started always at 8:30 AM, and finished at 3 or 4 PM. I needed to cycle 45-60 minutes to get home.'' • Did you have a lot of homework to make? ''In the first years it was still more easy, but the last 2 years it was a lot.'' • How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? ''I cycled to school.''
4. Teachers • Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. ''Yes ofcourse, he stood way above us.'' • Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? ''No, only about the subject itself.'' • Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? ''Yeah probably, i was a examplary student. So i didn't experience that.''
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. ''Yes, i liked learning new stuff, only languages i hated.''
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? ''I think that more stuff are asked for the students now, but they have google and internet. We had to go to the library if we wanted to know something.''
Interview two: the mother of Jesse.
Hanneke Toes 36 years old Female
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? ''In total 5 persons.'' 2. What was the profession of your father / mother? ''My father was the owner of a drawinf office, and my mother a accounter.'' 3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - Google Maps)? ''I lived in Hellevoetsluis.'' 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? ''The attack on the World Trade Center 11-09-2001. This was my first encounter with the term terrorists.''
Specific questions 1 – 5 are related to the time when 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? ''I went to a reformatic school in Rotterdam.'' • Why did your parents choose this school? ''Because of the relegion.'' • Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? ''Not that i know of.'' • Was your school a religieus school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...) ? ''Yes a protestant school.'' • Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? ''Yes, on the protestant schoold, god was central.'' • Was religion a compulsory subject? ''yes''
2. Subjects • How many lessons did you have per day? ''Between 6-8 lessons.'' • Were most subjects compulsory? ''Yes.'' • Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? ''That differences per person. One student loved more about non-exact subjects, and other do.'' • How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? ''I experienced it as fine.'' • What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? ''There were some excursies, but not much.''
3. Timeschedule • When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? ''Approximately 8:20 AM until maximal 4 PM.'' • Did you have a lot of homework to make? ''Yes.'' • How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? ''With the public traffic (Bus, train, bus).''
4. Teachers • Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. By most parents/students? ''yes.'' • Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? ''Yes.'' • What was the relationship between teachers and students like? ''Open, but with respect.'' • What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? ''If you didn't listen or make homework you got punished.'' • Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? ''That wasn't needed for me, so i don't know.'' 5. Did you like going to school? Explain. ''Yes, everyday going out with friends(on school).''
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? ''No, i also needed to study very hard.''
Interview 3: The mother of Redouan
Karima Ameziane 38 years old Female
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? ''6 kids and 1 mother. '' How many people lived in the same house? ''7 people.'' Nuclear or extended family?Explain. ''Nuclear family, only the children and mother lived in the house. '' 2. What was the profession of your father / mother? ''Father was an imam ( a man that guids the muslims in a prayer) and the mother was a householder. '' 3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - Google Maps)? ''In Midar, Morocco. '' 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? ''The king of Moroccopassedaway( Hassan 2).
Specific questions 1 – 5 are related to the time when 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? ''I went to a Lyceum in Midar (secondary school).'' • Why did your parents choose this school? ''It was the only school in the city so we had no choice. '' • Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? ''No we were mixed. '' • Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...) ? ''No we didn’treallypracticed our relgionbut we had lessons about the Islam. '' • Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? ''Not in the city i used to live , but i thinkthat in biggercities you willsee a differencebetweenreligious schools and non- religiousschools. '' • Was religion a compulsory subject? ''Yes, religion was a compulsory subject.''
2. Subjects • How many lessons did you have per day? ''The minimum a day was 6 and the maximum was 8.'' • Were most subjects compulsory? ''Yes, all subjects werecompulsory.'' • Did most students prefer sciences or languages or history/geography/biology? ''Most students chose sciencesbecausetheybelieved that they had a better chance of a better future with sciences. '' • How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? ''Quitesimply, the teachers did theirutmost to help us. '' • What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? ''Music, theatre, sports and poëtry.''
3. Timeschedule • When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? ''It differed from day to day, because we also had a schedule. But the school had classes from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. '' • Did you have a lot of homework to make? ''Yes, I chose literature so I had to know a lot about history, philosophy, languages. So I did have a lot.'' of homework. • How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? ''I walked to school for half an hour and back for half an hour every day. ''
4. Teachers • Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain. ''Yes, a lot, because a teacher played an important role in society. He was consideredbecause he imparted knowledge to children. '' • Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? '' If it was about his subject, yes, if it was not about the subject, it depends on the teacher. '' • What was the relationship between teachers and students like? ''You had to greet and respect the teacher, otherwise we had a good relationshipwhen you were not annoying. '' • What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? ''If you cametoo late you had to get an absence letter and your parentswerecalled, in primary school you werestillbeatenbut not in secondary school.'' • Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems?''There was no coaching for children who had problemsbecause no one couldprovide that service.''
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. ''yes I liked it because I loved learning and I loved the atmosphere at school. I alsowanted to become an important person in contributing to society. ''
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? ''No, today'steens have become more lazy and dependent on electricalappliances. Previously we had to look things up in books and so we had to learn harder. ''
Interview 4: The father of Redouan
1. How many people were there in your parents’ family? How many people lived in the same house? Nuclear or extended family? Explain. ''We lived with 5 people in a household including my aunt and cousin so it was an extended family. ''
2. What was the profession of your father / mother? ''My father was an guest worker and my mother was a housewife.''
3. Where did you live with your parents (please add map - Google Maps)? ''Midar, Morocco.''
Specific questions 1 – 5 are related to the time when 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? ''In The Netherlands i went to the LTS and after that i studied voor vehicle engineering.''
• Why did your parents choose this school? ''My parents didn’t choose for me, i wanted to become a mechanic.''
• Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? ''No it was mixed, but in our class there were only 2 girls.''
• Was your school a religious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...) ? '' No it was not a religious school.''
• Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? '' I have no idea but i think so.''
• Was religion a compulsory subject? ''No, we didn’t have lessons about religion.''
2. Subjects
• How many lessons did you have per day? ''around 5 lessons and we had to go to school for 2 days in a week.''
• Were most subjects compulsory? ''yes the subjects were compulsory.''
• How did you appreciate the quality of the teaching? '' The lessons were really good, the teacher explained very well do I appreciate it.''
• What kinds of extra-curricular activities were organised at your school? '' there were no extra- curricular activities.''
3. Timeschedule
• When did you start and finish school every day? When did you get home? ''We started at 8:30 am and finished at 3:30 pm.''
• Did you have a lot of homework to make? ''Yes we had alot of homework''
• How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? ''I went to school with a bicycle.''
4. Teachers
• Were teachers esteemed by parents and students? Explain.''Yes the teacher were esteemed by students and parents.''
• Were you allowed to ask about everything you wanted to know? ''Yes you were aloud to ask everything you wanted to know.''
• What was the relationship between teachers and students like? '' We had a stable relationship but sometimes I had little conflicts with annoying teachers.''
• What about discipline at school? What types of punishment were used? ''Detention to do punishment work.''
• Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? ''I have no idea.''
5. Did you like going to school? Explain. ''No I didn’t liked it cause i liked to sleep, and some subjects were really hard so it demotivated me.''
6. Do you think that most teenagers study harder nowadays than when you were young? '' no I think we learned harder but the students now learn more with the use of internet and youtube. ''
Interview 5: The father of Isa
Name and age; M / F? Arjan Herwijnen 44 M. 1. How many people were there in your parents' family? ''4''
2. What was your father / mother's occupation? ''Father: iron weaver Mother: housewife''
3. Where did you live with your parents? ''I lived in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht''
4. Do you remember a historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) in India, in the EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event? “The fall of the Berlin Wall, you knew that was historic and that was a kind of liberation for people, a kind of reunification of families. For years those people had lived in fear and captivity and now they were liberated''
” Specific questions 1 - 5 refer to the time when the interviewees were approximately 14 years old.
1. Types of schools
• What kind of school (for students aged 12-18) did you attend as a teenager? ''Develstein College in Zwijndrecht''
• Why did your parents choose this school? "All my friends went there, and my parents thought it was okay"
• Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? “No, I don't believe that. Then not anymore ”
• Was your school a religious school (Hindu, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, ...)? “Develstein was a believer, but I don't remember what faith we had. I think protestant ”
• Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? “Yes, one taught bible and the other not really. In my primary school, the Bible was read every morning ”
• Was religion a compulsory subject? "Yes, on primary and secondary education"
2. Subjects
• How much lessons did you have per day? "8 lessons”
• Were most courses compulsory? "Yes"
• Did most students prefer science or languages or history / geography / biology? "I can't tell you that, but I preferred languages myself"
• How do you rate the quality of the education? "I was very satisfied with my school, it was a nice and good school"
• What types of extracurricular activities were organized at your school? "We didn't really have that, but I didn't really worry about it either"
3. Timetable
• When and did you start school every day? When did you come home? School started at 8:30 am to about 3:30 pm. I usually came home around 4:00 PM ”
• Did you have a lot of homework to do? "Yes for sure"
• How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? "By bike"
4. Teachers
• Were teachers appreciated by parents and students? explain . “I cannot say by parents, my parents were not overly involved. But I myself had very nice and committed teachers, especially in the upper years. They really took you seriously as a “young adult” and you were able to talk to them ”
• Can you ask anything you wanted to know? "Yes, I believe so"
• How was the relationship between teachers and students? "As I said, stronger in the lower classes, but a bit freer and friendlier in the upper classes"
• What about discipline at school? What types of punishments were used? “Discipline… I can't remember detention, even though I never had to hang around. You also had to report to the concierge and then clean up, like the schoolyard ”
• Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? "I think so, but not very elaborate"
5. Did you enjoy going to school? Explain. "Yes, not that I liked all the lessons that much, but I really had a nice group of friends"
6. Do you think most teens study harder these days than they did when you were young? "I don't have a view of everyone, I don't know"
Interview 6: The grandmother of Isa
Name and age; M / F? Ingrid den Haan 60 M.
1. How many people were there in your parents' family? ''5''
2. What was your father / mother's occupation ''Father: Worked at the newspaper, in the darkroom Mother: housewife''
3. Where did you live with your parents ''In Rotterdam''
4. Do you remember a historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) in India, in the EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event? “The Cold War, and the Satisfaction Signature. It was a big event, you were young and then you experienced something like that. It's the same as your generation with the pandemic ”
Specific questions 1 - 5 relate to the time when the interviewees were approximately 14 years old.
1. Types of schools • What kind of school (for students aged 12-18) did you attend as a teenager? “I was at a domestic secondary school level”
• Why did your parents choose this school? “My sister was on it too. I wanted something different but my parents thought it better that I go there ”
• Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? "Yes. You had the domestic school for the girls and the technical school for the boys ”
• Was your school a religious school (Hindu, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, ...)? "No, it was a public school"
• Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? “Yes there was a very big difference in the past. Lifestyle was very different, we were allowed to do much more, and we were allowed to wear our own pants ”
• Was religion a compulsory subject? "No, not with us"
2. Subjects
• How many lessons have you had per day? "That was different, one time 5 and the other 8"
• Were most courses compulsory? "In the beginning, but after that we had electives"
• Did most students prefer science or languages or history / geography / biology? “We generally had health education, so it was a choice between languages and history / geography and biology”
• How do you rate the quality of the education? “From then on, what I experienced was strict, but also a bit of a mess”
• What types of extracurricular activities were organized at your school? "Nothing"
3. Timetable
• When did you start and end school each day? When did you come home? "If you had a long day it was 8:15 am to 3:30 pm, and I was home in about 10 minutes."
• Did you have a lot of homework to do? "No not at all"
• How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? “In the beginning by bicycle and then by bus”
4. Teachers
• Were teachers appreciated by parents and students? Explain. "Yes very much. We respected the teachers, but we also had quite young teachers. It was wonderful to chat with them. I had 1 bio teacher with whom I always went shopping with on Saturday evening ”
• Can you ask anything you wanted to know? “Yes, you could go to the teachers. They were quite modern for the time in my opinion. You could even go to the director! ”
• How was the relationship between teachers and students? “Very good all round. In between we went to the concierge to drink tea ”
• What about discipline at school? What types of punishments were used? "With us it was a conversation, and if you really did something bad you had to copy certain things."
• Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? "No, not that I know"
5. Did you enjoy going to school? Explain. “I certainly enjoyed going to school, you were together with the group and it was freedom and joy at our school. We didn't really have any problems with other people ”
6.Do you think most teens study harder these days than they did when you were young? “No, I think students study at the same level. I do think that students now have a harder time ”
Interview 7: The grandfather of Isa
Name and age; M / F? Frans den Haan 63 M.
1. How many people were there in your parents' family? “9 people, including grandpa and grandma. “
2. What was your father / mother's occupation? Father: In the metal industry. Also to public transport, as a conductor. Mother: housewife
3. Where did you live with your parents? ''Rotterdam''
4. Do you remember a historical fact / event when you were a teenager (between 12 and 16 years old) in India, in the EU or worldwide? Why were you impressed by that event? “There was always a bit of war between America and Russia, the atomic bombs in Hiroshima were also, something big. It made an impression that so many people were suddenly dead ”
Specific questions 1 - 5 relate to the time when the interviewees were approximately 14 years old.
1. Types of schools
• What kind of school (for students aged 12-18) did you attend as a teenager? “I went to a technical school. There were also girls who were special ”
• Why did your parents choose this school? “You didn't choose before, it was said 'go here!' and then you just did that ”
• Were there schools for boys and separate schools for girls? "Yes, there were but I was on a mixed one"
• Was your school a religious school (Hindu, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, ...)? "No definitely not"
• Was there a difference between religious schools and non-religious schools? “Yes, quite well, you had primary school that was heavily religious and secondary school not. There was quite a difference ”
• Was religion a compulsory subject? "No, not with us"
2. Subjects
• How many lessons have you had per day? “6 to 7. Sometimes even 8”
• Were most courses compulsory? "Yes, that was just normal"
• Did most students prefer science or languages or history / geography / biology? “One was better at history and the other better at metals. In fact, you could only choose what to do after school. You couldn't really make choices for yourself ”
• How do you rate the quality of the education? “Good, it was good. Just really great. It was strict, but it didn't matter ”
• What types of extracurricular activities were organized at your school? "We didn't have it that much at all, I can't remember"
3. Timetable
• When did you start and end school each day? When did you come home? “I started around 8:15 am and sometimes didn't get home until 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm. I had really long days ”
• Did you have a lot of homework to do? "No, because I made everything at school"
• How did you go to school (bus, on foot)? “I took the bus, because my father was working on the tram at the time. If you were a child of someone in public transport, you got a free subscription. But I also really had to travel half an hour. ”
4. Teachers
• Were teachers appreciated by parents and students? Explain. “Yes my parents never really came to school, they were not interested in it. 1 teacher was really appreciated anyway. ”
• Can you ask anything you wanted to know? "Yes, actually, at school you didn't talk about personal things at all, but it was possible about school work"
•How was the relationship between teachers and students? "Good. You always have teachers you like and don't like. But teachers were really seen as higher, not your boyfriend. There was a clear difference between teacher and student ”
• What about discipline at school? What types of punishments were used? “We had no penalties. There was always talk but no punishments were handed out ”
• Was there any kind of coaching for students with problems? “Yes, I think there was homework guidance, but I never used it”
5.Did you enjoy going to school? Explain. “I obliged myself to go there. But I didn't mind. After technical school I immediately started working at the age of 16 and was sent on as a draftsman. ”
6. Do you think most teens study harder these days than they did when you were young? “I don't want to say harder, but study differently. Because the possibilities of the students are now many times greater than when I was young. We did not have a calculator, that only came in 3rd grade. I had to do mental calculations, and sometimes you could even spend half an hour on 1 question. ”
Interview 8: The grandmother of Elin
My grandma didn’t go to highschool this is based on primary school Gre de Man female 79 1. How manypeoplewerethere in yourparents’ family? How manypeoplelived in thesame house? 2 sisters 2 brothersandmygrandma 2. What was theprofession of yourfather / mother?Father farmer, mother house wife 3. Do yourememberanyhistoricalfact / event whenyouwere a teenager (between 12 and 16 yearsold) either in India or in EU or worldwide? Whywereyouimpressedbythat event? No, i dont.
Specificquestions 1 – 5 are relatedtothe time whenthepeopleinterviewedwereabout 14 yearsold.
1. Types of schools •What type of school (forstudents 12-18 yearsold) didyou go to as a teenager? Public school • Whydidyourparentschoosethis school? It was theclosest • Werethere schools for boys and separate schools for girls? Probably but notnearby • Was yourschool areligious school (hindu, moslim, catholic, protestant, ...) ?No • Was there a differencebetweenreligious schools and non-religious schools? Yes • Was religion a compulsory subject? Yes they had it 2 times a week
2. Subjects • How manylessonsdidyou have per day? 6 till 8 hours. • Were most subjects compulsory? Yes • Did most studentsprefersciences or languages or history/geography/biology? Thatdependet on the student • How didyouappreciatethequality of the teaching? I really dont know anymore. • What kinds of extra-curricularactivitieswereorganised at your school? Ice skating in the winter
3. Timeschedule • Whendidyou start and finish school everyday? Whendidyou get home?8:30 to school, lunch at 12:30, and finished school at 16:00. and i was home at 4:30 •Didyou have a lot of homeworkto make? Probbably yes. • How didyou go to school (bus, on foot)? Iwalked.
4. Teachers • Wereteachersesteemedbyparentsandstudents? Explain. Yes they were. • Wereyouallowedtoaskabouteverythingyouwantedtoknow? No theywereverystrict • What was therelationshipbetweenteachersandstudents like? Respect toeachother • Whatabout discipline at school? What types of punishmentwereused? The donkey andthe corner or tothehalway • Was thereany kind of coaching forstudentswithproblems? No
5. Didyou like goingto school? Explain. No but you had too
6. Do youthinkthat most teenagers study harder nowadaysthanwhenyouwereyoung? Yes they have more subjects then we had