Nuns!

05/04/2008 by Aileen.

I suppose the nuns did let us down at school. (Although putting it in context, I don’t think other schools were geared up for careers advice) I should really have done History (along with English and French) but saw how hard the girls in the year above us had to work for Miss Hammond, and decided it wasn’t for me! I told Sr Emmanuel I only wanted to do English and French, expecting her to insist I did a third A level, but she told me she thought I was wise, I probably couldn’t manage a third!!!!!!! My feelings were obviously mixed!!!!!

I could still have gone to Uni in those days with just two A levels, but as I knew I wanted to teach, Training College was the answer as far as I as concerned. Of course the nuns were delighted as they really pushed teaching.

I chose Maria Assumpta as it was situated in Kensington Square, London, and I think I had the best of both worlds as I lived in Pimlico. I could go home for home comforts, but enjoyed the community life of college.

In fact, I had more freedom with the nuns there than I would have had if I had lived at home.

The next block of my OU study is the 60s. I have such happy memories of music, Biba, mini-skirts, yoghurt!, Burke’s Law, Dr. Kildare, Gene Pitney…. I could go on and on.

But I must go to bed.

Night.

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