FEMININE PHILOGY SCHOOL

SCHOOL Photography souvenir of a female elementary class: 5B. The students wear all the classic white apron distinguished by a light ribbon. In the first row in the middle two twins. The girls smile all or almost, just like the teacher who smiles but who, unlike her pupils, does not look in the car. The weather is cheerful, even a little girl babe takes out her tongue in a mocking expression. The single teacher alone managed the entire class of 30 students, a case not uncommon in the baby boom years, with the schooling set for the achievement of the eighth grade diploma or (alternatively) at the age of 14 years. The numerous successive reforms of the school have begun a period of experimentation that has led to an evolution of teaching, also decreasing the number of students per class and adding one or more colleagues alongside the owner, in order to guarantee to all schoolchildren opportunities to study, and to discourage school leaving in accordance with the increase in the age of the obligation. Group photo in the schoolyard, Milan 1971.