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I attended Hamilton Normal School after teaching two years. I took another second year course at the Strat¬ford Normal. I had to make it some how because mother expected me to be a school teacher. Every second summer I attended summer school to upgrade my certificate and be able to use these now methods to make my lessons more interesting. During the winter months special cour¬ses were offered at Brantford such as new math, language arts and science which I also took in order to put as many new ideas as possible into my daily practice. Debbie: Was it necessary to go to Teacher's College at that time? Mrs. R: Oh yes, it was necessary for us to go to Teachers College or Normal School as it was called then. We had to listen to lectures on all the various subjects in the curriculum and teaching methods as well. We took psychology find other subjects and we had to write examinations. We would be handed a teaching assignment then we would have to go in groups of two or three to observe the lessons being taught in the practice school and in a day or two we would have to go teach our own lesson assignment. The practice teacher would tell us what she liked about our. lessons and what she didn't like and toll us how to im¬prove them. Debbie: What made you decide to become a teacher? Mrs. R: Before, well as I said I didn't decide. Everything was cut and dried before I was born. The only other thing I could have done was train for a nurse or go to business college. Debbie: Where did you teach before Scotland? Mrs. R: Before coming to Scotland I taught two years at the stone school two miles west of Paris on #2 highway all the grades from one to eight then five years at Harley Public School all the grades one to eight inclusive and five years at Durham Center near Mt. Elgin Ontario all the grades one to eight and 28 years in Scotland teaching one and two. Debbie: Could you make some comparisons between the schools you taught at? Mrs. R: Well, Harley was a brick school and it had a basement where they stored the coal and wood. The furnace was up in the classroom. Durham Center was a frame school with no basement. The furnace was natural gas and it was up in the classroom. Scotland was a brick school and it had a furnace in the basement. It had an entry to hang their coats and hats on, a mat to put your boots on and shelves for the dinner pails. Durham Center also had this. The stone school was a one classroom structure. It had a basement with a coal and wood furnace and a