Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
We have just returned from our granddaughter’s first day of school. These days that’s a rather elaborate event.
Cut to: my old schoolhouse.
A nostalgic glance back in time.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Nostalgia
This school in Mannheim, Germany was built around the turn of the last century as a so-called Volksschule. In the 1970s it was changed into a Gymnasium, (i.e. a place to exercise young minds and not bodies). In the early days they had separate entrances … Continue reading A Place of Learning
Strahlenburg is the castle ruin above the town of Schriesheim at the Bergstraße. The local school is quite logically called Strahlenberger Schule. It’s quite a typical primary school building around here.
What caught my eye were the windows decorated for Easter or maybe just spring.
But the real eye-catcher were the reflections in the various panels.
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was an essay by John Erskine, written about a hundred years ago. However, although intelligence is a given within certain margins, education is not. There is a moral obligation to educate children to the best of our possibilities and within the margins fo their possibilities.
Johann Pestalozzi lived and worked another 100 to 150 years earlier. He worked tirelessly to educate youngsters and became one of the greatest school and social reformers of all times. He believed that men could only be bettered if they were loved.
In his native Switzerland as well as in Germany many schools are named after him, like this Pestalozzischule where I spend my first four years in the school system.
FOWC with Fandango: Obligation
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These are windows of the Feudenheimschule in a district of Mannheim. Many schools were built in the first twenty years of the last century, and it shows in the style. Also, in our area of the country sandstone is an often used building material. This particular school was finished in 1913.
The detail in the top left photo is part of the crest of Mannheim, a wolf’s hook – a tool used to catch wolves and foxes in former times.
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The picturesque hallway where my classroom is situated – we are in the basement.
And this is how you go down to the subway in Munich (naturally monochrome).
Click here for more monochrome indoor walkways, hallways, elevators.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
This is George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh, seen from the street. As I checked on the name I found out that George Heriot was a goldsmith working for royalty around Shakespeare’s time. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
For Nancy’s A Photo a Week asking for photos with the colour gold.
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