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#1: Science in Switzerland books Author: Caty, Location: New Zealand

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:00 am
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I'm just reading New Mistress and came accross this:
" She (Bill) teaches all the Senior science and chemistry and heat, light and sound. Davida Armitage sees to the botany & hygiene, though"

Obviously Bill teaches Physics & Chemistry, but what is the 'hygiene' that Miss Armitage is teahing?

#2: Author: Lottie, Location: Humphrey's Corner

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:44 am
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I think you've stumbled across the answer to one of those great mysteries, Caty! I think it must cover a lot of unmentionable things that happen every day, or once a month. We had a subject called Human Biology, which covered some of that, and also some very basic anatomy - maybe this is something similar. Rolling Eyes

#3: Author: Róisín, Location: Gaillimh

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:53 am
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How best to take a freezing bath? Laughing

#4: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:21 am
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I agree with Lottie, I assume it's some sort of euphemism for the facts of life - a watered-down version, of course. I would far prefer Miss Armitage to teach me such things than Bill!

#5: Author: Caroline, Location: Manchester

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:39 am
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I'd always assumed it meant Human Biology...

#6: Author: Caty, Location: New Zealand

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:40 am
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I considered that, but 'hygiene' rather than anatomy or biology seems a strange wording.

#7: Author: alicat, Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:04 pm
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The current KS2 timetable for schools includes Health and Hygeine, which is all about washing and BO and does touch on ...ummm....showing the red flag
Embarassed

this is my granny's lovely expression for it and she was about that era, so....

#8: Author: Hannah-Lou, Location: Glasgow

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:08 pm
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I always thought it was germs and antiseptics and things, but I suppose it's not likely that that would be a whole subject with a name all to itself. See how you just accept things without thinking about them? Embarassed

Facts of life, complete with one or two birds and bees, is probably more likely. (Although "heat, light and sound" are hardly whole subjects either, so maybe "hygeine" is just a wee germy bit of biology!)

#9: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:14 pm
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I assumed "heat, light and sound" meant physics and whoever was speaking was just rather unscientific!

#10: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:22 pm
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I also thought the heat, light and sound referred to Physics -and EBD wasn't a Scientist so would probably not appreciate just how much work that was! Poor Bill teaching all senior Science and both Chemistry and Physics for the entire School! This was in addition to being Co Head and running St Mildred's! Laughing

Doubt she ever had a chance to sit down! Wink

#11: Author: Chelsea, Location: Your Imagination

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:55 pm
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The big epidemiology school in London is called the School of Hygiene. It is a world famous school, but sounds like a school to learn to be a custodian.

#12: Author: joyclark,

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:04 pm
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Lottie wrote:

I think you've stumbled across the answer to one of those great mysteries, Caty! I think it must cover a lot of unmentionable things that happen every day, or once a month. We had a subject called Human Biology, which covered some of that, and also some very basic anatomy - maybe this is something similar. Rolling Eyes

Perhaps it was 'facts of life and What To Do When your Period Starts' kind of stuff . . .

Joy

#13: Author: joyclark,

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:05 pm
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joyclark wrote:

Lottie wrote:

Perhaps it was 'facts of life and What To Do When your Period Starts' kind of stuff . . .

Joy

Write out ten times:
must read ahead
must read ahead
must read ah . . .

#14: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:17 pm
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We had hygiene at High school in our first year. It concentrated on washing regularly and not wearing peep-toed shoes.

#15: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:30 pm
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Maybe it told them how they could get properly clean when washing in cold water with just enough time to jump in and out. A technique now lost to time.

#16: Author: Squirrel, Location: St-Andrews or Dunfermline

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:45 pm
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I *hated* what we termed PSE. Mind you, I think that was at least partly because in first and second year it was our registration teachers who took us for it, and the one we had on the day of the week we had PSE wasn't the nicer of the two (job share). Mind you, it didn't help that I was (and still am I will admit) very cagy about anything to do with what might be termed sexual exploration, and thus the lesson which had each person name another in the room that they would like to be able to use x-ray vision on (ie to see under their clothing etc) was most embarrassing.

Mind you, that wasn't helped by my tendency to go off into dreams. On that occasion I remember turning the excersise into one including being able to see through walls and the like, thus I would be able to see my dog (who woudl probably be a puppy at this time) while I was in lessons.

Then someone said my name, having been thoroughly in a dream ignoring what was going on I was all at sea.

I think the teacher asked me who I wanted to 'see', and being completely confused I thought the question was if you were unable to see anyone in the classroom barring one person, who would you want to see. And since I thought it would be important to see the person teaching you, I said the teacher.

Unfortunately I was asked which teacher, and then refused to answer anything more than 'the one in the room at the time!' Poor teacher having to deal with me in that state! She was most sensible to pick someone else to move forward with.

But *really*! Why would I have wanted to see any of them in the nude? Confused

We did also have human biology, but I am pleased to report that it was and is a proper science subject!

#17: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:49 pm
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That sounds like a really weird lesson, Squirrel! The potential for sexual harassment lawsuits seems immense... Shocked

#18: Author: Pat, Location: Doncaster

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:53 pm
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That seems designed to be as embarrassing as possible!

#19: Author: Tamzin, Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:19 am
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Did you go to school in Dunfermline, Squirrel? I only ask because I went to Dunfermline High School many many years ago and wondered if you had gone there too?? I suppose if you had it would have changed quite a bit since I left in (aaargh) 1989.

If I'm being too nosey just tell me to go away - I'm quite thick-skinned Very Happy

#20: Author: Ruth B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:57 am
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Kate wrote:

That sounds like a really weird lesson, Squirrel! The potential for sexual harassment lawsuits seems immense... Shocked

I agree. What possible benefit could it have? Did you go to a single-sex school Squirrel?

#21: Author: Rosie, Location: Brest. Still amuses me...

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:42 pm
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That is one very odd lesson. I'm not sure it being a single-sex school would have lead to any less embarrassment either...

I hated PSE too. I took extra chemistry and was on the school council to get out of it! I definitely recall lessons on washing though... And pubic hair.

#22: Author: Róisín, Location: Gaillimh

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:26 pm
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I don't think my 'development' teachers liked me... they were two women and I remember shooting all these difficult questions at them, such as what were the biological reasons of us sprouting underarm hair? We had to submit them in a sealed box like a ballot, so that no-one would be embarrassed, but they never read out mine ... Crying or Very sad

#23: Author: Eilidh, Location: North Lanarkshire

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:15 pm
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How awful, Squirrel! Extremely glad that I never had to do anything like that in PSE. Think that would have been the only time I would have been thrown out a classroom!

#24: Author: Lulie, Location: Middlesbrough

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:29 pm
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Squirrel wrote:

thus the lesson which had each person name another in the room that they would like to be able to use x-ray vision on (ie to see under their clothing etc) was most embarrassing.

That is a hideous thing to do to a class of teenagers Evil or Very Mad

If I'd been in that class (thinking of my own form at school here) I'd have said "Nobody" and stuck to it, regardless, as it would be perfectly true! So what if I got into trouble for not playing the game. In fact I'd rather have cleaned the French Block toilets (which made the toilets on "How Clean Is Your House" look spotless Shocked

) than taken part in that.

How long ago was this, Squirrel? Could this type of lesson be allowed nowadays? Of course if you said anybody then you could escape by using a film star or something. *shudders with horror*

#25: Author: Squirrel, Location: St-Andrews or Dunfermline

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:42 pm
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School was *not* single sex, and it was during the 1990's, so it's not really all that long ago even now. Unfortunately I thought they had to be present in the room at the time, but I don't know, seeing I was asked what teacher!!!!!

#26: Author: Alex, Location: Cambs, UK

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:28 pm
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That is horrific Squirrel! I'm sitting here in a state of absolute shock!

#27: Author: Tara, Location: Malvern, Worcestershire

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:38 pm
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So am I! I've rarely heard of anything less acceptable - except, perhaps, when supervising a Lower School disco, when the DJ cheerfully told the kids to 'grab the boobs of the person in front of you'!!!!!!!! At least that wasn't a lesson.

#28: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:36 pm
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Back in the dark ages (aka 1950s) we had the option of a GCSE in Public Health and Hygiene. It did actually lead me into a (blind alley) career path

However, I don't really believe in blind alleys - e.g. touch typing became very useful nearly 30 years later when computers made an appearance - and PH & H has come into its own on several occasions.

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