David Bertram, Part 1 of 3. Started at an intermediate school in Palmerston North, 1967. Surnames only, workbooks, extent of syllabus prescription, bulletins, School Journals. Manual periods, woodwork, etc.. Free periods, relieving. Discipline. Bullying not an issue. Small schools and mixing over ages. Bullrush, climbing trees, risk taking and learning limits. Blowing a bird’s egg. Pupils different in later teaching years, rights, social differences. Migrant children. Single parent homes.