Private education

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Posted by upbeat | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on May 10, 2010

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This past week has brought home to me how my ‘education’ has shaped me in various ways. My school life in Carolside Primary, East Renfrewshire was happy, safe and comfortable. My clearest memory of being inspired by a teacher was my P1-3 teacher, Enid Crawford. Strangely, it was another Enid (Blyton) whose ‘Castle of Adventure’ was read to us by Miss Crawford at the end of each day (a classroom management strategy) who fired my imagination and enjoyment of reading. However, the single biggest influence for me becoming a Secondary Music Teacher and subsequently a Schools Education Officer was what happened in this Clarkston semi-detached house I visited on a weekly basis from the age of 6 until I was 17. I paid a quick visit last week to take a photo of this house, where my piano teacher taught me from 1964 till 1975. If my parents hadn’t paid for these lessons over the years, I would never have become a music teacher, and probably not any other kind of teacher. It is 35 years ago since I set foot in this house, but worth the brief pilgrimage to see again the place I developed my musical skills and give recognition to the sacrifices made by my parents to increase my life chances. Thanks, Mum & Dad.

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