The Little Red Schoolbook · Original and Uncensored by Hansen, Søren -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Contents Publisher’s introduction to the new edition Foreword Introduction to the original British edition All grown-ups are paper tigers Education Learning

How do we learn things?

About learning Better teaching

Lessons

What is a timetable? Religious education How do most teachers teach? Motivation How do the minority of teachers teach? If you’re bored What is “mucking about”? Are you allowed to do things yourselves? How are lessons used? Find out more

Homework

Why homework? Can parents help? Cheating or cooperating? Make your homework useful Plan your work

Teachers

The teacher’s duties What have teachers been taught? What do teachers know about you? Relationships between teachers What happens at staff meetings? Teachers are dogs on leads too How to have influence

To have influence it’s important to remember If you like a teacher Honesty is influence Action is influence Teachers and their authority It’s difficult to influence someone who’s afraid Disagreements Demonstrations and strikes The demonstration itself After the demonstration

How to make a complaint

Collect evidence Go to the teacher or to the school council Go to the headmaster Go to the authorities Example of a complaint Don’t forget Can a teacher be sacked?

Punishment: what is allowed?

School rules Corporal punishment Should it be abolished?26 A special note What else can teachers do? What can you do yourself? Demand your rights, but be polite

Pupils

Your friends and schoolmates

A few facts Do you know? Remember Working together Be yourself

Intelligence

Intelligence can change But there are some differences What a teacher expects of you What does “backward“ mean? Stupid or clever

Streaming

How streaming works Can streaming be changed?

Your free time

What does society do for you What can you do yourselves? Get your own hall Other possibilities

Sex

Masturbation Orgasm Intercourse and petting Contraceptives Wet dreams Menstruation Child-molesters or “dirty old men” Pornography Impotence Homosexuality Normal and abnormal Find out more Venereal disease Abortion Legal and illegal abortion Remember Methods of abortion Addresses for advice and help on sexual matters

Drugs

Different types of drugs Habit-forming, dependence and addiction Tea and coffee Tobacco Alcohol What is “being drunk”? What is a hangover? Should alcohol and tobacco be legal? Marijuana and hashish Various types What is “beinghigh”? Does pot make you ill? Is pot habit-forming? Is pot dangerous? LSD (acid) and mescalin Remember Narcotics Amphetamines or pep-pills Morphine Opium and heroin Sick people or criminals? Cocaine Sleeping pills and tranquillisers Technical poisons or sniffers Injection Remember Books on drugs Addresses for help with drug problems

The System

Your place of work

Classrooms Corridors Playgrounds Other break-time activities

Marks

Are marks a swindle? Marks are a means of power Against marks

Exams and tests

This can be changed Public exams 11-plus Can public exams be changed?

The British school system

Independent schools State schools School uniforms Discrimination against girls Early specialisation Staying on in the 6th form Careers advice What can you do yourself?

The educational pyramid: who makes the decisions?

Higher authorities An efficient education system?

About representation

School councils Other representation About democracy About apathy If you haven’t got a school council About solidarity Differences of opinion and clashes of interest

School and society