Quite a few girls in my year went into teaching. I’ve since wondered if many girls went into traditional male occupations like engineering. I doubt it, that sort of thinking wasn’t generally accepted at the time.
My dad wanted me to go into a scientific occupation so that I could get involved in computers. How perceptive that was. But I didn’t do it as I didn’t like science. My mum wanted me to become an air hostess, didn’t do that either.
A comment on the marsh Hill Boys thread set me thinking about this as at that school boys seem to have been nurtured if they showed a particular interest and ability. I don’t remember this at the girls’ school. I think we were to some extent still suffering the effects of women only working until they marry and have a family. Viv..
My dad wanted me to go into a scientific occupation so that I could get involved in computers. How perceptive that was. But I didn’t do it as I didn’t like science. My mum wanted me to become an air hostess, didn’t do that either.
A comment on the marsh Hill Boys thread set me thinking about this as at that school boys seem to have been nurtured if they showed a particular interest and ability. I don’t remember this at the girls’ school. I think we were to some extent still suffering the effects of women only working until they marry and have a family. Viv..
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