meeting the parents

Meeting the parents. We interviewed Dani’s and Quim’s mothers for an interview. Information shared by them cant be generalized as they are definitely different from other parents in many aspects, and we had no information about them, not even from their children, they did not come to the meetings either. Dani’s mother is Catalan; Quim’s mother is Spanish, from Andalusia. Both parents chose the school because its closeness to their home. They agreed that there was a big pressure on their children because they had a lot of classes even if the level of education is not particularly high.

Daniel – according t his mother - wants to be a biologist, sometimes engineer or a postman. His mother would be happy if he chose to be a musician or an artist. Quim’ – just like many other children – wants to be a vet, otherwise is interested in cars. (The other day he told us that he was going to be an English teacher.) His mother would be happy if he became a nurse. In fact there is no specialization at school, if somebody wants extra or would like to learn something special, they must attend private lessons.

According to the parents in Mataró there is no difference between the statuses of jobs. People can work in many different areas and in service industry, in boutiques and shops you can always find vacancies. Both of them like living in Mataró and would not be happy to move off, they are satisfied with their work as well.