YESTERDAY AND NOW

[Antonella Novello]

We have interviewed our parents and grandparents about their lives when they were our age. Here are their answers.

[...The Br@t...]

MY MOTHER
1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 6 people.
2. What job did your parents do? My mother was a dressmaker an my dad was a clerk.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, i liked it.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 11 years.
5. What were your teachers like? My teachers were strict but also prepared.
6. Were they strict or not? Yes, tehy were.
7. Were there any punishments? No, there weren’t.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? No, never.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Enough.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? When i was a child I wanted o become a techer.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? No, way.
12. How old were you when you started working? I sterded working when I was 18 years old.
13. What did you do? I was a secretary in a shoe factory.
14. Did you like it? Yes, enough
15. What was life like? It wasn’t as quite as now.
16. What was you town (or village) like? My town was small and we lived well.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? At the week-end i went to the sea or mountains.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? In my free-time I sang in the chair and I went skating.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? Yes, almost every day.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? For half an hour.
21. Were you interested in politics?no, because I didn’t like politics.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, sometimes.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? My favourite actors were Sandra Bullok and Kevin Kostner.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, of course.
25. What type of sports did you practice? I praticed skating.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, of course.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened all kinds of music. 28. What was your favourite band? My favourite band were Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. 29. Who was your favourite singer? My favourite singer was Eros Ramazzotti.
30. Did you go to concerts? Yes, many times.

MY FATHER
1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 4 people.
2. What job did your parents do? My mother was a hausewife and my dad was a bricklayer.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, i liked it.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 13 years. 5. What were your teachers like? My teachers were strict.
6. Were they strict or not? Yes, they were.
7. Were there any punishments? No, there weren’t.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? No, never.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Enough.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? When I was a child I wanted to become airpilot.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? No, way.
12. How old were you when you started working? I started working when I was 18 years old.
13. What did you do? I was a eletronic draftsman.
14. Did you like it? No, I didn’t like it.
15. What was life like? It wasn’t as quite as now.
16. What was you town (or village) like? My town was big with all public facilities.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? At the week-end I went to the cinema with my friend.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? In my free-time I went to play tennis.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, never.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
21. Were you interested in politics? No, because I was interested about other things.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time?yes, but not every day.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? My favourite actors was Jhon Travolta.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, of course.
25. What type of sports did you practice? I played tennis.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, of course.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened disco music.
28. What was your favourite band? My favourite band were the Police and Getro Thal.
29. Who was your favourite singer? I didn’t have a favourite singer.
30. Did you go to concerts? No, never.

[Giada]

My grandfather
1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 6 people. My mother, my dad, my 2 sisters, my 2 brothers and me.
2. What job did your parents do? My dad worked in municipality and my mum was a housewife.
3. Did you like going to school? So so.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 6 years.
5. What were your teachers like? My favourite teacher was the secondary school teacher.
6. Were they strict or not? No, they weren't.
7. Were there any punishments? No, they weren't.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? No, they didn't.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? No, I didn't.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to work and earn some money.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? Yes, I did.
12. How old were you when you started working? I was 15 when I started working.
13. What did you do? I was a mechanic.
14. Did you like it? Yes, I did.
15. What was life like? It wasn’t as quite as now.
16. What was you town (or village) like? It was smaller than now.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? I went out on weekdays.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? My friends and I went to meet new girls.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, I didn't.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? I dind't read newspapers, but I read comics.
21. Were you interested in politics? No, I wasn't.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, I did.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? My favourite actors were Clark Gable and Paul Newman.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practice? I didn't practise any sports.
26. Did your parents approve? yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened to pop music.
28. What was your favourite band? I didn't have a favourite band.
29. Who was your favourite singer? My favourites singers were Claudio Villa and Nilla Pizzi.
30. Did you go to concerts? No, I didn't.



My Mother
1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 6 people. My mother, my dad, my sister and me.
2. What job did your parents do? My dad worked in municipality and my mum was a housewife.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, I did.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 13 years.
5. What were your teachers like? My favourite teachers were the Art teacher and the Maths teacher.
6. Were they strict or not? No, but the teachers of secondary school were strict.
7. Were there any punishments? No, there weren't.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, i did.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be an interpreter.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? No, i didn't.
12. How old were you when you started working? I started working when i was 31years old.
13. What did you do? I worked in a delicatessen and I am still working Then Mirano
14. Did you like it? Yes, i did
15. What was life like?It wasn’t as quite as now.
16. What was you town (or village) like? It was smaller than now.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? I didn't go out.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? /
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No,I didn't.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? Sometimes.
21. Were you interested in politics? No, I wasn't.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? No, I didn't.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? My favourite actors were Tom Cruise and George Clooney.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practice? I din't practise any sports.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened to 80's music.
28. What was your favourite band? My favourite band was Spandam Ballet.
29. Who was your favourite singer? My favourite singer was Ramazzotti.
30. Did you go to concerts? No, I didn't.

[xXx_McLovin_xXx]

QUESTIONS ON OUR PARENTS LIVES

1. How many people were there in your family?
In the family of my mother there were 4 people, in the family of my father there were 7 people.
2. What job did your parents do?
My mother makes shoes and my father drives bus.
3. Did you like going to school?
Yes, they like.
4. How many years did you go to school?
My mother for 8 years and my father too.
5. What were your teachers like?
The teachers of my mother were good at primary school and bad at secondary school, and the teachers of my father were always bad.
6. Where they strict or not?
Yes, they were strict.
7. Were there any punishments?
Yes, there were a lot of punishments.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes?
Yes, especially my father.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do?
My mother had a lot of homework especially at secondary school, my father had normal homework.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child?
My mother want to become a secretary, my father want to become a mechanic
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?
No, they didn’t, but sometime my father helps me with the scooter.
12. How old were you when you started working?
They were 15.
13. What did you do?
My mother helped my grandmother to make shoes and my father was a worker.
14. Did you like it?
Yes , they did.
15. What was life like?
The life of my parents was like a normal life of worker.
16. What was your town (or village) like?
My parents’s town is like a countryside.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only?
My mother went out only during the weekend, my father went out during weekdays and weekend.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?
My mother preferred walking in Padova or going to the disco, my father met friends.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day?
No, they didn’t.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
They read a magazine one time a week.
21. Were you interested in politics?
No, they weren’t.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time?
Yes, my mum weared sunglasses Ray-ban and flared trousers, my parents ridden Piaggio Vespa.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actress?
The favourite actor of my mother was John Travolta, and the my father’s favourite actor was 007.
24. Are they still famous?
Yes, they are still famous.
25. What type of sports did you practise?
My mum practised gymnastics and my father played football and sometime he ran with motocross.
26. Did your parents approve?
Yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to?
My mum listened Italian singer music and my father listened rock music.
28. What was your favourite band?
My mother loves Queen and my father loves Pink Floyd.
29. Who was your favourite singer?
My mother’s favourite singer was Franco Battiato, my father’s favourite singer is AC/DC’s singer.
30. Did you go to concerts?
My mother went to Franco Battiato’s concerts at Elba island, my father went to Pink Floyd’s concerts in Venice.

[DeBy'93]

QUESTIONS:

1. How many people were there in your family?
2. What job did your parents do?
3. Did you like going to school?
4. How many years did you go to school?
5. What were your teachers like?
6. Were they strict or not?
7. Were there any punishments?
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes?
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do?
10. What did you want to do when you were a child?
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?
12. How old were you when you started working?
13. What did you do?
14. Did you like it?
15. What was life like?
16. What was your town (or Village) like?
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only?
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day?
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
21. Were you interested in politics?
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time?
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses?
24. Are they still famous?
25. What type of sports did you practise?
26. Did your parents approve?
27. What music did you listen to?
28. What was your favourite band?
29. What was your favourite singer?
30. Did you go to concerts?

ANSWERS:

My Mother:

1. In my family there were four people. My mother, my father, my sister and I.
2. My mother was a dressmaker and my father a chief carpenter.
3. Yes, I did.
4. I went to school for twelve years.
5. They were like now.
6. No, They weren’t.
7. Yes, there were.
8. Yes, there were.
9. Yes, I had a lot of homework to do.
10. When I was a child I wanted to be a nursery school teacher.
11. Yes, I did.
12. I was seventeen.
13. I was a seamstress.
14. Yes, I did.
15. It was ok.
16. My village was small.
17. I went out on Sundays.
18. I read, I watched TV, I went to the cinema and I went to the disco.
19. Not every day, but I bought a magazine once a week.
20. I read a magazine once a week.
21. No, I weren’t.
22. Yes, I did.
23. I liked John Travolta , Massimo Ciavarro, Ornella Muti and Isabella Ferrari.
24. Yes, They are.
25. I went swimming.
26. Yes, They did.
27. I liked Disco music and Pop music.
28. I loved the ”Pooh” and I liked the “Bee Gees”.
29. I loved Claudio Baglioni, I liked Miguel Bosè, Donna Summer and Antonello Venditti.
30. Yes, I did. One of Antonello Venditti and one of Scialpi with my sister Manuela.



My Grandfather:

1. In my family there were nine people. My mother, my father, my three brothers, my three sisters and I.
2. My mother was a housewife and my father was a soild.
3. Yes, I did.
4. I went to school for five years and when I was twelve I did seven years of vocational school to become a mechanic.
5. They were strict.
6. Yes, They were.
7. Yes, They were. For example standing behind the black board, going out of the classroom, beatings on the hands and other punishments.
8. Yes, I did.
9. Yes, I had.
10. When I was a child I wanted to be a marine mechanic.
11. Yes, I did.
12. I was twenty five, after the military service.
13. I was a ship’s carpenter for twenty years and after that I was the chief carpenter; I worked in Breda,which was a very important shipyard.
14. Yes, I did.
15. The life was very hard.
16. My village was small. There were a lot of fields, a church, a cemetery, an inv and some houses.
17. I went out every day.
18. When I had free time I read, I played soccer, I heard the Juventus soccer matches on the radio and if They played in Padua or in Venice I went to the stadium and I saw them.
19. Yes, I did.
20. Every day.
21. Yes, I was.
22. Yes, I did.
23. I liked Amedeo Nazzari and all the actors and actresses of Western films, I liked also Marilyn Monroe.
24. Yes, they are.
25. I played soccer and I went cycling.
26. Yes, they did.
27. I liked soft music of the ‘50s and ‘60s and Opera too.
28. My favourite band was the “Orchestra Angelini”.
29. I liked Nilla Pizzi, Carla Boni, Villa, Gino Latilla, Consolini and Achille Toliani.
30. Yes, I did. One of Nillla Pizzi, one of Milva and one of Little Tony.

[Marta.B]

MY MOTHER
1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 5 people.My mother, my father, my sister and my brother.
2. What job did your parents do? My mother was a housewife and an embroiderer, my father was a worker.
3. Did you like going to school? No, I didn't like going to school.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 8 years.
5. What were your teachers like? My teacher were normal people. They were quite traditional in their methods of teachy.
6. Were they strict or not? They were stricter than now.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, there were, as there are now.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? I don't remember.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, I had the right amount of homework to do.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be a hairdresses.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? Yes, I did.
12. How old were you when you started working? I started working when I was 14 years old.
13. What did you do? I was a hairdresses.
14. Did you like it? Yes, I did. I liked it a lot.
15. What was life like? Life was very nice.
16. What was you town (or village) like? My village wasn't likes now, it was smaller than now.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? In the winter I wen out only at the weekend; in the summer I went out every day, and evening.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? In my freetime I went to Padova with my best friend or I went to my friend's home.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, I didn't. At that time, when I was an adolscent, I didn't mind buying a newspaper.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
21. Were you interested in politics? No, I didn't.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, I did. I loved the fashion.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? I don't remember it.
24. Are they still famous?
25. What type of sports did you practice? I did karate and went swimming, but not for a long time.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened to the ACDC, Claudio Baglioni, Eros Ramazzotti, Ligabue, Antonello Venditti and Vasco Rossi.
28. What was your favourite band? I didn't have a favourite band.
29. Who was your favourite singer? I liked Baglioni a lot.
30. Did you go to concerts? Yes, I did.

MY GRANDMOTHER

1. How many people were there in your family? We there were 18 of us.
2. What job did your parents do? They were farmers.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, I did. I liked it, so much.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 5 years.
5. What were your teachers like? They were normal people.
6. Were they strict or not? They were very strict.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, there were many punishments.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? They didn't put any disciplinary notes. They hit our hands with sticks and made us kneel down on stones.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? No, I didn't. The homework was normal.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to help my parents, because at that time the children didn't have a lot of ambitios bacause of the war.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?
12. How old were you when you started working? I started working when I was a child. Half day we went to school and the rest of the day we worked.
13. What did you do? I helped my family on fields, or helped my mother at home or looked after my brothers.
14. Did you like it? Yes, I liked it a lot.
15. What was life like? Life, for us, was normal. I was better than now.
16. What was you town (or village) like? The village was quiet, there were fewer buildings, there was much countryside.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? I went out only on Sunday, but after that I and my sisters and brother helped our parents.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? I didn't have freetime. My mother always gave me something to do.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, I didn't; the newspaper was bought only by teachers.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
21. Were you interested in politics? No, I didn't. We didn't have the radio and the TV. Everybody didn't have the radio or TV. Only the bar had one.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? I didn't follow the fashion much.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? My favourite actors and actresses were Sofia Loren, Amedeo Nazzari, Vittorio Gassman.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they did, but a few of these people are dead now.
25. What type of sports did you practice? No, I didn't practise any sports.
26. Did your parents approve?
27. What music did you listen to? There weren't radios.
28. What was your favourite band?
29. Who was your favourite singer? My favourite singers were Nilla Pizzi, Giorgio Consolini and Claudio Villa.
30. Did you go to concerts? No, I didn't.

[Loredana]

MY MOTHER
1. How many people were there in your family? There were six people in her family.
2. What job did your parents do? Her father was a worker and her mother worked in a factory.
3. Did you like going to school? She liked to go to school.
4. How many years did you go to school? She went to school for 15 years.
5. What were your teachers like? Her teachers were good.
6. Were they strict or not? Yes, her teachers were very strict.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, she did.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they put disciplinary notes.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, she had a lot of homework to do.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? She wanted to be a teacher when she was a child.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? No.
12. How old were you when you started working? She was 18 years old when she started working.
13. What did you do? She worked in a factory of furniture for kitchens.
14. Did you like it? Yes, she did.
15. What was life like? The life was difficult.
16. What was your town (or Village) like? The village like was beautiful and quiet.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? She went out only at the weekend.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? She liked to go around, she liked practising a volleyball etc.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? She didn't buy a newspaper every day.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? She read a newspaper twice a week.
21. Were you interested in politics? No.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, she did.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? Her favorite actors were: Stela Popescu, Florin Piersic.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practise? She liked practising volleyball.
26. Did your parents approve? Not always.
27. What music did you listen to? She listened to pop dance, a traditional rumanian music.
28. What was your favourite band? She didn’t have a favourite band.
29. What was your favourite singer? Her favorite singer was Irina Loghin.
30. Did you go to concerts? She didn't go to concerts.


MY FATHER
1. How many people were there in your family? There were nine people in him family.
2. What job did your parents do? Him father was a worker and him mother was a housewife.
3. Did you like going to school? He didn’t like going to school.
4. How many years did you go to school? She went to school for 10 years.
5. What were your teachers like? Her teachers were good.
6. Were they strict or not? In general, no, they weren’t.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, there were some punishments.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, he did.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? He wanted to be a footballer when he was a child.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?No, he didn’t succeed in him dreams.
12. How old were you when you started working? He was a 17 years old when he started working.
13. What did you do? He worked in a wood factory.
14. Did you like it? Yes, she did.
15. What was life like? The life was difficult.
16. What was you town (or village) like? The village like was beautiful and quiet.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? He always went out.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? He liked to go around , he liked practising a football, he liked go to the cinema.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? No, he didn't took it never.
21. Were you interested in politics? No, he hates politics.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, he did.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? He didn't have only a favorite actors because he likes all.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practice? He liked practising a football.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to? He listened to pop music, traditional rumanian music.
28. What was your favourite band? He didn’t have a favourite band.
29. What was your favourite singer? Him favorite singer was Florin Piersic.
30. Did you go to concerts? No, he didn't.

[♠_Pretty_Boy_♣]

My mother
1. How many people were there in your family?
In her family there were 3 people
2. What job did your parents do?
her Mother was farmer...
her Father was a soldier.
3. Did you like going to school?
not much...
4. How many years did you go to school?
She went to school for 8 years
5. What were your teachers like?
Her teachers were strict!
6. Were they strict or not?
yes, they were.
7. Were there any punishments?
yes, there were!
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes?
Mm.. she doesn’t remember...
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do?
Yes, she had very very much to do.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child?
She didn’t have a lot of ambition. Only to became a good mother.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?
Yes, she thinks...
12. How old were you when you started working?
She was 16/17 years old
13. What did you do?
She worked in a shoes factory.
14. Did you like it?
absolutely, no!
15. What was life like?
Her life was more simple than our life.
16. What was your town (or village) like?
there were a lot of camps.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only?
sometimes on Saturday...
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?
she gone to the cinema, or she played some old sports!
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day?
no she didn’t!
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
She didn't read a newspaper
21. Were you interested in politics?
She wasn't interested in politics
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time?
no.. absolutely.
23. Who were your favourite actor and actress?
she doesn’t know.. there weren’t one only...
24. Are they still famous?
Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practise?
mm...some old groups sports!
26. Did your parents approve?
Yes, they did
27. What music did you listen to?
She listened to pop/rock music
28. What was your favourite band?
I don’t know...
29. Who was your favourite singer?
I don’t know...
30. Did you go to concert?
No, she didn't go to concert.

My great grandmother

1. How many people were there in your family?
In her family there were 23 people, but after one or two years, they remain in 10 or in 11 only!
2. What job did your parents do?
her mother and her father were farmers.
3. Did you like going to school?
Yes, she did.
4. How many years did you go to school?
She went to school for 6 years
5. What were your teachers like?
Her teachers were strange... sometimes good and sometimes bad.
6. Were they strict or not?
yes, they were.
7. Were there any punishments?
she doesn’t remember..
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes?
she doesn’t remember..
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do?
Yes, she had a lot of homework
10. What did you want to do when you were a child?
she doesn’t remember...
11. Did you succeed in your dreams?
she don’t know...
12. How old were you when you started working?
She was 10, 11 years old...
13. What did you do?
She worked like a farmer
14. Did you like it?
mm... not much.
15. What was life like?
Her life was harder than my!
16. What was your town (or village) like?
very quiet, and she thinks more security than our town.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only?
Every day.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?
she liked singing with her friends the popular songs.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day?
She didn't buy the newspaper.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?
She didn't read a newspaper
21. Were you interested in politics?
She wasn't interested in politics
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time?
no, she didn’t.
23. Who were your favourite actor and actress?
she doesn’t remember...
24. Are they still famous?
maybe now he is died...
25. What type of sports did you practise?
She didn’t anything.
26. Did your parents approve?
Yes, they did
27. What music did you listen to?
She listened to popular music...
28. What was your favourite band?
she doesn’t know... there were a lot...
29. Who was your favourite singer?
S he doesn’t know... there were a lot...
30. Did you go to concert?
No, she didn't go to concert

[mAdALinA]

My mother

1. How many people were there in your family? In my family there were 4 people.
2. What job did your parents do?My parents were workers.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, I liked going to school.
4. How many years did you go to school?I went to school for 12 years.
5. What were your teachers like? My theacher vere very good and strict.
6. Were they strict or not? yes, they were so strict.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, there were some punishments.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, I had some homework to do.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be a doctor.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? Unfortunatly no.
12. How old were you when you started working? I was 18 years old.
13. What did you do? I was a tailor in a clothesshop.
14. Did you like it? Yes, I did.
15. What was life like? It was hard enough.
16. What was you town (or village) like? It was smaller than now, quite and beautiful.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only?I went out only on weekend.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? I met my friends and I went to the disco or to the cinema.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, I read once a week.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine? I read a newspaper on a week.
21. Were you interested in politics? No, I hates politics.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? Yes, I did.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? I didn't have only a favourit actors because I liked all.
24. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
25. What type of sports did you practice? I did volleyball.
26. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
27. What music did you listen to? I listened to disco music and the traditional rumanian music.
28. What was your favourite band?My favourite bands were ABA.
29. Who was your favourite singer? My favourite singers were Albano e Romina.
30. Did you go to concerts? Yes, I did.


My grandmother

1. How many people were there in your family? There were 5 people in my family.
2. What job did your parents do? My parents were peasants.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes, but didn't so much.
4. How many years did you go to school? I went to school for 8 years.
5. What were your teachers like?There were so good.
6. Were they strict or not? In general, they were so strict.
7. Were there any punishments? Yes, there were.
8. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
9. Did you have a lot of homework to do? No, I dind't.
10. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be a seamstress.
11. Did you succeed in your dreams? Yes, it did.
12. How old were you when you started working? I was 16 years old.
13. What did you do? She was a seamstress.
14. Did you like it? Yes, she did.
15. What was life like? It was so strict.
16. What was you town (or village) like? It was smaller than now, but with more children.
17. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? I went out only the Sunday.
18. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time? I met her friends and we spent some time together.
19. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No, I didn't.
20. How often did you read a newspaper, a magazine?I didn't read a newspaper.
21. Were you interested in politics?Absolutely no, I didn't.
22. Did you follow the fashion of the time? No, I didn't.
23. Who were your favourite actors and actresses? I didn't have a favourite actors.
24. Are they still famous? No, they didn't.
25. What type of sports did you practice?I didn't practice the sports.
26. Did your parents approve? ___
27. What music did you listen to? I listened the traditional rumenian music.
28. What was your favourite band? 29. Who was your favourite singer?My favourite bands and singer were from Rumania.
30. Did you go to concerts? Yes, I did.

[Nadezhda]

Russian students have also interviewed their parents and grandparents and the answers are like these:
Did you like going to school?
Yes, very much! (22 people)
We had no chance to go there ( 2 grandmothers)
How many years did you go to school?
10 (18), 8 (3), 2 ( 2 people - because of wars)
What were your teachers like?
Strict, fair, interested in our future, professional, responsible (22)
Were there any punishments?
Not many. They could make us stand during the lesson or to ask us leave the room, to send to the headmaster, to ask parents to come.

[*Fede*]

My grandmother.
1. How many people were there in your family? There were eight people in my family.
2. What job did your parents do? My mother was a housewife and my father was an artisan.
3. Did you like going to school?Yes.I did.
4. How many years did you go to school?I went to school for 11 years.
5. What were your teachers like?They were very strict.
6. Were there any punishments? Yes, the people who disturbed had to go out of the classroom or teacher hit the students’ hand with a short stick.
7. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
8. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, i did.
9. What did you want to do when you were a child? When I was a child I wanted to become a waitress or a nursery school teacher.
10. Did you succeed in your dreams? Some yes.Such as to have my own family.
11. How old were you when you started working? I was 14 years old.
12. Did you like it? Not much.
13. What was life like? Life was very stressful and sometimes very dangerous.
14. What was you town (or village) like? My town was Vienna and it was one of the most beautiful cities in the world as it is now.
15. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? Only at the week-end.
16. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?I went to the cinema,to the dance hall or to the park.
17. Did you buy a newspaper every day? Yes,I did.
18. Were you interested in politics? No, I wasn’t.
19. Did you follow the fashion of the time?No I didn’t.
20. What type of sports did you practice? I practised athtletics.
21. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
22. What music did you listen to? I listened to classical and folk music.
23. Did you go to concerts? Yes,of course.

My mother.
1. How many people were there in your family? There were 4 people.
2. What job did your parents do?My mother was and waitress and my father a mason.
3. Did you like going to school? Yes I did.
4. How many years did you go to school?I went to school for 10 years.
5. What were your teachers like? There were an only teacher who was very strict.
6. Were there any punishments? Yes, the people who disturbed had to go out of the classroom
7. Did they put any disciplinary notes? Yes, they did.
8. Did you have a lot of homework to do? Yes, she did.
9. What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to become an journalist.
10. Did you succeed in your dreams? Some yes such as to have my own family.
11. How old were you when you started working?I was 14 years old.
12. What did you do?I worked in a shoe-facroty.
13. Did you like it?No,I didn’t’.
14. What was life like? Life was very stressful and difficult.
15. What was you town (or village) like? Very small and boaring.
16. Did you go out on weekdays or at the weekend only? Only at the week-end.
17. Where did you go and what did you do in your free time?I went to Venice or to the cinema.
18. Did you buy a newspaper every day? No,I didn’t.
19. Were you interested in politics? No,I didn’t.
20. Did you follow the fashion of the time? No,I didn’t.
21. Who were your favourite actors and actresses?My favourite actor was Paul Newman and my favourite actress was Laura Efrikan.
22. Are they still famous? Yes, they are.
23. What type of sports did you practice? I played volleyball.
24. Did your parents approve? Yes, they did.
25. What music did you listen to? I listened to pop music.
26. What was your favourite band? My favourite band were “The Beatles”.
27. Who was your favourite singer? My favourite singers were Gianni Morandi and Massimo Ranieri.
28. Did you go to concerts? Yes I did.I was to Gianni Morandi concert in Sottomarina.

[Renata Krason]

1. How did you spend free time when you were a teenager?
My mother: 'In my free time I went to the cinema and mostly spent time with friends. I also often listened to music and read books. '
My grandmother: 'In my free time I met my friend and I helped my parents with work in our farm. I often cycled and read papers for teenagers. In the village, which I have lived in, there was, about once per month, a travelling cinema which I liked going to.'

2. What was important for you then?
My grandmother: 'For me the most important things were my family and education.'

3. What music did you listened to?
My grandmother: 'When I was a teenager I listened to Polish pop music and interesting radio programmes.'

4. Did you argue with your parents? If so, what about?
My mother: 'I argued only with my mother, usually about money. I also wanted to stay out longer.'

5. What were your dreams when you were a teenager?
My grandmother: 'I wanted to go to university and have a happy life.

6. Who did you talk to about your problems?
My father: 'I didn't talk about my problems with anybody because I didn't have anyone with whom I could talk about it.'

7. What did school look like when you were a teenager?
My grandmother said, she had gone to a small school, in which there had been only 4 classrooms. She said that all lessons had started at 8 am and had ended at about 2-3 pm. She added that in primary school you had learnt for 7 years and in high school for 4 years.

8.What did relationships between teachers and students look like?
My grandmother: 'I had always good relationships with my teachers. Generally, teachers were more respected than today. In school there was more discipline.

9. At what age did you have your first girlfriend/boyfriend?
My grandmother: 'I was about 16 years old.'
My mother: 'I was about 16 or 17.'
My father: 'At the age of 19.'

10. How much free time did you have when you were a teenager?
My mother: 'I had lots of free time. Except for the time when I was at school I had free time.'

11. What did your ordinary day look like?
My grandmother: 'In the morning I was at school, in the afternoon I helped my parents at home, I made myself ready for school and then I had free time.'

12. What did you think about religion?
My mother: 'Religion didn't play an important role in my life.
My grandmother:'Religion was very important for me because I come from a religious family.

13. Was there more or less aggression amoung young people?
My father: 'There was much less aggression among young people, any time you could go out and feel safe.
My grandmother: 'There was significantly less aggression among young people. The relationships between teenagers were much better than today.'

[Kasia Kuron]

This interview is with Anna Reszut- she is an inhabitant of Baranów Sandomierski, she is 72 years old.

1. How did your ordinary day look like?
"I used to go to school until I was 14 years old. Every day I had to wake up early and together with other children we had to go a few kilometers to our school. After lessons I had to help my parents.
When a was 14 years old I began to work. I weeded the ground around the railway track.”

2. What did relationships between teachers and students look like?
How did school look like when you were a teenager?
“When I started to go to school in the first class there were about 60 children. Our teacher was very strict, he often punished us, for example he had a stick and he could beat children on their back. Everyone was afraid of him.
During the first years we didn’t have any books, we had only small boards. Later we got ABC-books.”

3. Did you argue with your parents? If so, what about?
“No, I’ve never argued with my parents. When I was a teenager my mother and father were like holiness”

4. Who did you talk to about your problems?
“I could talk about my problems to my parents and with my best friend. We have been keeping touch till today”

5. At what age did you have your first girlfriend/boyfriend?
“I never had only one boyfriend, I always had many boyfriends who visited me. I got married when I was 19. My husband was 10 years older than me, it wasn’t marriage for love.”

6. What were your dreams when you were a teenager?
Mrs. Rzeszut told me that she hadn’t dreamed about anything special, she had only wanted more money for her family.