West Dean School Buildings (General)

by downunder , Thursday, September 26, 2013, 14:38 (4071 days ago) @ Jefff

Very true and you were "enlightened" earlier than here in Oz. We all went through the Catholic education system and boys still went off to be educated separately at age 8 until well into the 1980's. Likewise, girls didn't do subjects like woodwork and metalwork until then. Actually, until the early 80's the local girls convent only went up to Year 10 - Junior - and not Senior like the local Christian Brothers school for boys. Girls clearly didn't need much secondary education in the nuns' eyes and if the convent girls wanted to go further at school, they had to transfer to the local high school or the Anglican convent.