Evening star., 1960-08-21

British Teachers Arrive q
For Year in Schools Here

What does that mean?" in
quired the soft British voice
of exchange teacher Josephine
Sullivan. who had Just COM
pleted the first hour Of her
years stay in Washington.
Miss O'Sullivan. who swapped
her Birmingham England job
With a Washington teacher,
Mrs. Charlotte Brooks, will
teach at Banneker Junior
High.
I'VE have been led to expect
that students are much more
freer in America" she said.
This prompted the question,
What did you do in England
II q student sassed you?"
The blank look was still on
her pretty face the second
time the question was asked,
but then she smiled and said,
"Oh. you mean being cheeky!
Well. you could always send
him to a supervisor"
Lillias Edwards, brunette
who left a school in Wales to
teach one year at Gordon Jun
Tor High, exchanging with Miss
Lillian Topalian. added, i
really like to do that. I'd rather
Give additional work or deprive
them of a games lesson-Study-
ing some athletics they like"
l25 Teachers Arrive
The two girls are among l25
exchange teachers, most OF
them from the United King
dom, who rushed from Union
Station yesterday afternoon to
the Raleigh Hotel to relax near
a!r conditioners and study maps
CT Washington.
Gould you tell me where my
high school is?" Miss O'Sullivan
asked. When told it was near
the ball park. she said. I've
been to one Of your baseball
matches. New York Yankees
and the Baltimore-the Balti-
more Orioles I do believe. l
didn't understand anything at
all. am a keen cricket fan.
The girls groaned when re-
calling their trip to America
I'VE were on the Queen Mary
and it went on strike. After
sitting for two days we few by
Jets and arrived last week in
New York" said Miss O'Sul-
Ivan.
The strike led to discussion
CT the British film. popular in
America, That's All Right
Jack" which satirizes the
working mans situation in
England.
1T was terribly funny, but
exaggerated" Miss O'Sullivar
said. Certainly there's an ele-
ment Of truth in it. The unions
are powerful, but then agair
YOU find the wildcat strikes
where the workers go against
the unions. A perfect example
is the strike of the Queer
Nary"
Washington Is Lovely
Miss Edwards eyes bright
ened as she said, New Yoarl
IS exciting. I don't very muci
ike Piccadilly. so don't mucf
ike Times Square. They ar
quite the same. But I was yer,
impressed with the U nited Ma
tons Building. and I window
gazed all along Fifth Avenue.
She added, washington i
lovely. The nice wide street.
and trees. We could not re-
Guest a location. We were yer,
lucky to get here in the cleo
tion year, and we're looking
forward to seeing the British
Embassy. Congress and every
thing"
The rest of the teachers vii
leave Miss Edwards and Mis-
O'Sullivan at the end Of
weeks orientation to seattle
across the country.
One of the problems in set
ting up this direct-eXchang
program was matching Amer
can teachers with Britisl
school systems and wee versa
I'VE are set up differently.
Miss O'Sullivan. I'VE have in
fant school. and then JUNO
school. At IL, a child takes al
exam and If he passes he goe
to grammar school to continu
until he is 18 or l9. ]
he doesn't pass he goes t
secondary modern for less aca
demic studies.
Beyond High School
There is really nothin
exactly comparable to yoU
high school, because gramms
school. we have been told,
equivalent to additional studio
such as in your junior CO.
leges."
Miss O'Sullivan, %. and Mi
Edwards, 90, must return I
England after year her
Both said they had no stead
boy friends. adding that
England boys and girls didn
marry quite as early as the
do in the United States.
don't know the statistics, bl
l don't think it's as young
the 20 or so average for gir
in America. More about
or "a"
The girls will teach Englis
and they laughed. sayir
they'll be teaching it. acCel
and all.
Some people are amust
with our accents. The Ii
onerotor IN hIou VorG knCv