Our day out
Our day out is written by Willie Russell the author is a comical and humorous within his text but within the text it also covers some serious issues with some serious messages, set in Liverpool where the author originates from is a deprived area, for the story itself it is about a school trip for the progress class to Wales to visit an old castle wreck but the progress visits a lot more than just the old ruins the basic plot is that of the class teacher Mrs. Kay to give the progress class a chance to have a bit of fun but it also tells us of the differences of teaching styles and how members of staff sometimes do hide their true feelings and when they are enjoying them selves show a completely different side of them selves and this particular book covers many different themes it shows us that of the class enjoying themselves, to Mr. Briggs being very angry with them but also it asks some very difficult questions , what does the government do for deprived children who do not have much chance to ever catch up to the levels and why do children “slip through the net” and why are there not the experiences, opportunities and again why is there not the support out there for them to find a good paying job?
The author has based this story from his own personal experiences from when he himself lived in Liverpool as a child and like thousands of other children “slipped through the net”.
It is Monday morning and carol is walking to school and she is excited for she is going on a school trip but she Is about to run straight out in the middle of the road when the school lollypop man suddenly jumps out and stopped her as this was a very busy road and the lollypop man said to her to watch the roads and to walk across he then asked her where she was of to in such a hurry Carol replied by saying she could not remember and she started to have a conversation with him and then said that she had to go as her coach had just arrived she said goodbye and crossed the road Carol was in the progress class and was not very bright when she got to the other side of the road Mrs. Kay was waiting out side for them all to arrive to take the register. Mrs. Kay was the progress class teacher was a kind and caring person, she is aware that these children will never find a good decent job which is good paying but she is able to teach them what she can, but today was all about having fun and making sure that they were all going to have a good day out. Then two of her x pupils came running out side and asked weather they could come with the progress class on their trip and Mrs. Kay said that they weren’t with the progress class anymore and so they had to get permission from their form tutor Mr. Briggs and as they went running off she called out and said to bring back note as she knew what they were like they came back with Mr. Briggs and said that he was coming to and said that the head had said to Mr. Briggs was very different to Mrs. Kay and they both had two completely different styles of teaching Mrs. Kay was very gentle voiced and did not loose her temper she did not push the kids and so they responded to her in a different way she seemed to respect them and they respected her where as Mr. Briggs was very much a traditionalist and that children should be silent and well mannered he lost his temper very easily and he did not let his guard down he did not let the children see him have any fun as he thought that he would lose his respect in the class room and that it would get round the school that he was actually a softie.
