The Narrators.

We have chosen these narrators because we thought they can be very useful for our study.
We mean that they can help us to understand the context during the early 50’s and late 60’s. 

They also can provide us lot of information about the education, in a small village and in the city, during that period such as how was the school, how was the relationship with their teachers, or the methodology they used. 

All of these because they have lived in this society they have experienced the education in this moment.

So here they are:

Maria Paz, was born in Madrid, on November the 13^th of 1959. Now she is 55 years – old, married and with a daughter.

She is from a middle class family, lived in a working class neighborhood, in Madrid. Maria Paz is the oldest of three; her parents had the elementary education. Her father worked driving ambulances and her mother was a housewife.

Regarding the education she had; we can share that she went to school from 5 to 18 year – old. Some of the schools she went are “ Colegio Vilaflor”, “ Colegio Santa Cruz”, etc.

She always had in mind that she did not wanted to do a university degree, but in case she would have done one, it would be English Philology.

She studied shorthand, typing and French during the BUP studies and English once she finished the COU studies, in an academy because she wanted to prepare as an “Administrativo”.

When she was 20 year – old she had her first job as a doctor secretary.

Nowadays, she is working in Endesa since she was 23 year – old, in the Civil Engineering department as a secretary. 

Isabel was born in Tuxe (Galicia), on September the 8th of 1947. Now she is 68 years – old, married and with two sons and five grandchildren.

She is from a working class family, lived in a small farmer village, in Galicia. Isabel is the oldest of three; her parents had the elementary education. They have worked as farmers of their fields and taking care of their cattle.

Regarding to the education she had; we can share that she went to school from 6 to 14 years old. She went to “the girl’s school” in the village because boys were in another building. She used to help her parents with the land and the animals and she also took care of her little brother.

She went out of the village because she thought that it wasn’t a good life. So, when she was 16, she moved to France. There she studied French and worked as a babysitter of an American’ child. Then she moved to Madrid, she studied the hairdresser trade but she worked for forty years in her own dry cleaner.

Nowadays, she is retired. So, she travels a lot and takes care of her grandchildren.