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Marie Jahoda über ihre Volksschulzeit Wien, 1913/14 bis 1917/18 School discipline was strict. The desks were nailed to the floor. We had to sit with straight back, fingers of both hands on the desk, thumbs underneath. If you knew the answer to a question you had to raise your right arm straight up, two fingers up, the other two held down by the thumb. No physical punishment but moral degradation: for bad behaviour, you had to stand m the corner. […] All of a sudden, we had to stop saying ›Guten Morgen, Herr Resch‹ to the janitor who received us daily at the school entrance. Now it had to be ›Gott strafe England‹, and he answered ›Er strafe es‹. In the classroom we chanted: Grüß Gott sei unser deutscher Gruß, Adieu laß weg beim Scheiden; Auf Wiedersehn man sagen muß Das Fremdwort zu vermeiden. Verzeihung zur Entschuldigung sprich, Sag nicht Pardon, dann lob ich dich. A mad chauvinism gripped the country for the first year or so of the war. Marie Jahoda Albu: Reconstructions. [Keymer, Sussex: Published by the author] 1996, S. 15. © Reinhard Müller -- Graz, im Oktober 2006 |
KINDHEIT & JUGEND Seidlgasse 22 Religion sozial-liberales Elternhaus Volksschule Kindheitsende Realgymnasium Gedichte Matura |