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Anne Goodwin’s drive to understand what makes people tick led to a career in clinical psychology. That same curiosity now powers her fiction.
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School: a Suitable Place for Fiction?

24/8/2014

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I’m ambivalent about school. On a personal level, I achieved good outcomes from my long ago schooldays, but this was more by dint of my capacity for obedience than any genuine nurturing of my intellect and creativity. (I’m always pleasantly surprised when children these days claim to enjoy school.) On a political level, the view that mass education can be used to weaken working-class culture sits alongside the genuine enthusiasm for learning I’ve witnessed in places where a school place can’t be taken for granted.

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How does this translate into my reading and writing? As a child, I lapped up Enid Blyton’s boarding school stories, although the settings were worlds away from my own experience. The junior equivalent of the country-house genre, St Clare’s, Malory Towers and the like served merely as the backdrop for schoolgirl adventures. And that’s the thing with school stories, the experience is so near universal, it’s difficult to untangle the school aspect from the fact of being a child. When I wrote my bite-size memoir, School at Seven, it was more about friendship betrayed than education. Of my short fiction, school provides the setting for the hormone-heavy story of adolescence, Kinky Norm, and frames the parent-child conflict in both Jessica’s Navel and Elementary Mechanics. The epistolary Bathroom Suite is more about inequality than school refusal.

School isn’t only about children, of course. In my anthologised story, A House for the Wazungu, Albert Lumumba is a teacher, as were Margaret and Gerald in The Merry Widow before they retired. In Melanie’s Last Tune, Miss Grainger is a music teacher working from home. I might have created other fictional teachers that have slipped my memory: given that we’ve all been on the receiving end, teaching seems an easy option when we’re fumbling to find a job we can foist on our characters in an attempt to bring them to life. Yet in doing so, lacking the depth of experience displayed on Norah Colvin’s lively blog, I risk tripping myself up in the way I see other writers doing in my series on fictional psychologists and therapists.

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As for novels about teachers, it doesn’t get much better than Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but another favourite of mine is The English Teacher from RK Narayanan’s Malgudi series. I also loved the thoughtful primary school teacher, Katie, in Linda Huber’s The Cold Cold Sea and the disillusioned English teacher, Lawrence, and his son, RE teacher, Lewis, in Alison Moore’s He Wants. And let’s not forget that the much loved literary governess, Jane Eyre, also spends a short time teaching in a school.

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In introducing her latest flash fiction challenge, Charli Mills writes eloquently about historic school buildings now abandoned. You can’t get more abandoned than the field that was once the site of Jane Eyre’s school. Yet throughout Britain many school buildings dating back to the 1870s remain in use, the date of construction set in stone above the door, a monument to the 1870 Education Act when elementary education became compulsory. These schools often had separate entrances for boys and girls, a restriction that troubled the protagonist of my unpublished novel, Sugar and Snails. Here’s the 99-word version:

Twin stone staircases led to a wooden door, the numbers 1873 embossed above, grand as the entrance to a castle.  At school I’d learn to read, and never have to go without a story. I’d mount those steps like a fairytale princess, entering one day by the left side, the next the right. 

I didn't realise the letters above the stairs spelt BOYS on one side and GIRLS on the other.  That my mother would laugh, plead, then slap me on the legs and hoist me up like a sack of coal when I raced towards the wrong one.

Nowadays, children don’t just learn to read and to write their own stories, but to analyse how stories work. I was most surprised the first time a child contacted me to enquire about one of my stories he was studying for a school project. Of course, I was flattered but also a little uneasy: stories that feature child protagonists aren’t necessarily suitable for children to read. But as I’m neither an educationalist nor a children’s writer, I left that for others to judge.
(When I tried submitting one such story, The Ruler in My Head, to a website specifically for stories for children, I got a clear “no”. The editor was most generous in suggesting changes to make it accessible for younger readers, but I chose to seek publication elsewhere.) Then, last year I received an email from a concerned father about his eleven-year-old son being assigned Mummy and Me by his teacher. While related in the simple language of a young child, this story is far from a cosy read and, although I’m aware of a couple of preteen children having appreciated it, I wrote it with an adult readership in mind. I’m still not sure what to make of this and would welcome your thoughts.
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Luccia Gray link
24/8/2014 11:46:09 am

Great flash fiction story. Thanks for reminding us about fictional teachers. I loved the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie first time around, many years ago. Another book I must reread. :-)

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Annecdotist
25/8/2014 08:18:34 am

Thank you, Luccia. You might have to start another blog: Rereading Jean Brodie! And we'd need a walking tour of Edinburgh to go with it.

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geoff link
25/8/2014 10:46:18 am

Didn't really enjoy the Prime myself, but I'm game for the Edinburgh tour (obviuosly!)

Charli Mills
25/8/2014 12:56:02 am

Here I get excited about the history of the west and I'm humbly reminded how young it is! The amazing marker for the Geer Green School founded in 1708...I do believe we Americans were still British back then. :-) And the west was not yet "discovered" unless you had an in with some Spanish scouts.

Your post is so rich, and I didn't realize how familiar of a theme school is to your storytelling. An interesting dilemma, having students reading your work when it's more adult-oriented. Maybe because our western history is so young there yet remains that pioneering belief in education and its importance to bettering one's lot in life.

Your flash feels exuberant, or perhaps it is the character reflecting upon her setting. The story feels poised to happen. You have stunning piece of language, this sentence: "I’d mount those steps like a fairytale princess, entering one day by the left side, the next the right." The first seven words are single-syllable and feel like a charge up each step, then the next three slow the rhythm and feels gauzy like a princess dressed up. It's a brilliant sentence that mimics the motion and creates a vivid image.

Fantastic flash, post and links relating to school! A+

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Annecdotist
25/8/2014 08:24:23 am

Thank you, Charli, I'm most honoured with that A+ mark. It's interesting about the school as I doubt the plaque would be there were it not for Charlotte Brontë's fiction. I'm wondering now where the children came from to that school as there are now only a handful of farms roundabout.
I so appreciate your analysis of my flash, you're so good at honing in on the details. It really hadn't occurred to me that the rhythm could reflect mounting the steps.
Thanks for the prompt.

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Charli Mills
25/8/2014 06:59:29 pm

I'll repeat myself many times, but I believe a writer's greatest strength/gift/talent/ is that of voice. When a writer writes something and is unaware of its beauty or merit, it's usual something that comes from a writer's voice. It can't be imitated or learned, just unleashed. :-) Thanks for what depths you taker the prompts to!

Annecdotist
26/8/2014 06:48:53 am

Thanks for contributing to the unleashing – and recognising what's been unleashed!

Gargi link
25/8/2014 02:29:18 am

Very informative post, Anne. I’ve never written school-based fiction, though I have written YA stories in which scenes are set in a school. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has been languishing on my TBR pile for some time – must get around to it soon.

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Annecdotist
25/8/2014 08:25:51 am

Thanks, Gargi, I wonder what you'll think of Jean Brodie when you get to meet her on the page. She's certainly an interesting character and with all those personality flaws we readers love.

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Derbhile Dromey link
25/8/2014 05:25:08 am

Love stories set in schools. Probably part of my wider love of coming of age stories. Joanne Harris's Gentlemen and Players is a rattling good read set in a school, pacy and exciting. Even makes Latin exciting.

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Annecdotist
25/8/2014 08:28:35 am

Haven't come across that one, Derbhile, thanks for flagging it up. I suppose school's quite important in coming-of-age stories as something to rebel against?

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Norah Colvin link
25/8/2014 05:58:40 am

Anne, what a brilliant post! I have been back three times and I still haven't read everything, but thought I'd better comment now or might not get to it at all. What a rich post with so many links, including mine (thank you for that). Some of your stories I have read before, but some now for the first time. They are always a good read.
I see you have linked to Alice Cooper. I intended to do that too; and still might, if I get time to finish my post! But I have another song in mind as well.
You have raised so many interesting points I really don't know where to start, and I haven't read Charli's comment yet, because I don't want to get distracted.
You talk about being surprised at children liking school, and compare it with the enthusiasm for school in places where it can't be taken for granted. It is interesting that those without the opportunities can see the value, the way it can create the opportunities; and those with all the opportunities take it for granted and fail to see the value. I see the value of education but, like you, am also surprised at the great enjoyment that some children get from the structure and imposed content. I was better at formulating ideas than at remembering facts so school was never easy for me.
I hadn't heard of separate entrances for girls and boys before, so I found your flash, and the history surrounding it, very interesting. Nowadays icons rather than words would be used so the protagonist would have no fear of confusion.
I take your point that stories about children are not necessarily for children. Quite a few of your stories fall into this category. I agree with a mature reader rating for both stories you mentioned as having been read by children at school. While they are great stories, I wouldn't be reading them with young children. High school students, I'm sure would cope, and could learn a lot by 'analyzing' them, but I agree that eleven may be a little young.
I'm always amazed at how well you tap into the inner workings of your characters. I guess your psychology background is a great aid in this regard.

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Annecdotist
25/8/2014 08:41:51 am

Thank you, Norah, for your thoughtful reflections on my post. I think it would take a long time to follow all the links, so I wouldn't worry about that. Interesting that Alice Cooper appeared in another of the Mondayblogs today, this time at a live recent concert – didn't mention whether they had their Zimmer frames with them.
I don't know why schools had separate entrances for boys and girls (and not all of them did) because they weren't, to my knowledge, segregated in the classroom. Good point about the icons – but I wonder how children would learn which was theirs, it's not immediately obvious when girls don't necessarily wear skirts.
It's my impression that children enjoy school more these days because teachers are more tuned to their needs (and we've abolished the cane) but I think many appreciate the structure as they know where they stand. While I adapted reasonably well to the old-fashioned style of teaching, I still remember being terrified of not knowing my times tables.
Regarding what reading is suitable for children, I think it's really difficult as they differ so much, but it does feel very strange to me that my stories should be recommended by teachers, if, indeed, that was the case.
Thanks for that positive feedback on my characters, I certainly hope to get inside their heads.
Looking forward to reading whatever you come up with on this theme for Charli's challenge.

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Norah Colvin link
28/8/2014 04:55:25 am

Thanks Anne, I see you have been over to my post a few times with a number of comments and likes on comments. Disappointingly, I've never found a like button on your posts or comments here; but I do appreciate yours on mine. Always enjoy our conversations - here or there, doesn't matter which! :)

Annecdotist
28/8/2014 05:10:26 am

Yeah, sorry there's no "like" button here. It would be handy to register people who have visited and enjoyed, but perhaps haven't had the time or the inclination to leave a comment. Weebly isn't quite as well geared up for blogging as WordPress seems to be. I do appreciate you popping back and forth.

Quanie Miller link
25/8/2014 09:03:16 am

Hi Anne,

Great post. I don't think I've ever thought about it but you're right: stories that feature child protagonists aren’t necessarily suitable for children to read. I can't, at least not off the top of my head, name any books that I read in school that brings this issue to mind, but we did have to get written permission from our parents (in high school!) to read 1984. Times have certainly changed!

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Annecdotist
26/8/2014 06:51:48 am

Parental permission for 1984? That's when I think education should be left to the experts (i.e. teachers). What would those kids have missed if their parents had refused? School can sometimes be healthy opportunity to escape from unhelpful parental restrictions.

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geoff link
25/8/2014 11:17:18 am

I think I can help with the 'boys' and 'girls' over the gates and doors. The 1870 Act didn't make elementary education compulsory; it allow local authorities to set up education boards and for them to be required to provide the education (filling in any gaps that the Churches didn't cover). Because up till then education was run by Churches the compromise to get this Act through was for there to be a common education for infants but segregated above infants(which I think was 10) - the education was to be from 5 to 13. Separate entrances, playgrounds and classrooms - some even had different floors. The true compulsory education came in from 1880 when secular education (the Liberals were in power and close to the non Conformists who wanted to get away from religious indoctrination) became more the norm. I'm not sure we the desegregation took place though!
Your stories are soo good and you convey so much in such a small space. And the Ruler inside my Head is Fab. I will have a ruler for evermore.

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Annecdotist
26/8/2014 06:58:25 am

Thank you Geoff for compensating for my lazy research strategies. I certainly didn't know that classes were gender segregated at that time, although aware that the church played a substantial role, as it still does in this country.
Sorry you didn't like Jean Brodie despite your love of Edinburgh.
Thanks too for your feedback on The Ruler. I'm not sure about the title now as in this context it reminds me of the teachers' weapon of choice in my primary school!

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Norah Colvin
28/8/2014 05:00:43 am

You know there is always someone who will fill you in with the missing details! :)

Norah Colvin link
28/8/2014 04:59:46 am

Thanks for providing that interesting background Geoff. I wasn't before aware of the segregation in government schools. I agree with you about Anne's stories - and the ruler is definitely a great analogy!

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Annecdotist
28/8/2014 05:12:43 am

I'm honoured to have such great readers who will happily filling the holes with their expertise. Thank you both.

Teagan Kearney link
28/8/2014 08:43:25 am

A great post - full of interesting references. Governesses were another breed of educationalists often featured in stories - Jane Eyre of course comes to mind.
Your post also reminded me of the teenage novel 'Holes' which has a second strand that takes place in the past about a school teacher, and is beautifully tied to the present strand in a way that might be too obvious for adults, but I think is lovely for younger readers to discover.
Your flash fiction - I could so easily see that little girl dancing up the steps!

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Annecdotist
28/8/2014 10:05:57 am

Thank you, Teagan. That novel sounds interesting – must be quite a thing for kids to see their teachers as people.

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Teagan Kearney link
28/8/2014 03:55:58 pm

Yes, teachers as people - interesting concept - as opposed to beings who cease to exist when the children leave, and then come back to life when the classroom door opens in the morning!

Annecdotist
29/8/2014 08:31:14 am

Exactly!

Sarah
1/10/2014 02:58:18 pm

Are you talking about the Louis Sachar novel? I loved that (and the movie adaptation).

Yes, this flash is wonderful. I've always liked this piece.

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Teagan Kearney link
1/10/2014 04:57:47 pm

Yes, that's the one, and I agree with you about the move - it was great that the adaptation stuck closely to the book.

Annecdotist
2/10/2014 05:13:19 am

I so love coming to my blog and finding you've been chatting yourselves

Linda link
29/8/2014 12:48:05 pm

Hi Anne, I've just read your story, Mummy and Me. Powerful and well written but I don't think I'd feel comfortable about giving it to an 11-year-old. (Although, looking back, I was reading all sorts of probably unsuitable material at that age!)
Reminds me of when my daughter studied A Clockwork Orange for A Level. I had to sign a consent form to allow her to see the film version because she was under 18, but there were no restrictions on the book which I thought was far more disturbing.

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Annecdotist
30/8/2014 09:03:32 am

Thanks for reading, Linda, and for that feedback.
It is funny, isn't it, how there are age restrictions on films but not books. Nevertheless, I find that if something is disturbing, it's a lot easier for me to manage on the page than on-screen where it can feel sometimes like an assault.

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