Braehead e-news interview sheet

Please feel free to write as much or as little as you feel able to, to any of the questions below. If there are any that you can’t answer then don’t worry, just leave them blank.

The best thing to do is to copy and paste the questions below into your favourite word processor to save you typing out the questions again.

Then when you are finished either copy and paste the completed interview into an 
e-mail message or attach the file to an e-mail and send back to me.


1. Your name


2. Date’s you attended Braehead


3. Your class and house (if you remember)


4. Where and what are you doing now? (any information you want to share)




5. Were you at Braehead when it closed?  Were transferred to the High School? What was that like for you, how did you feel, what was different?




6. Memories generally about your days at Braehead?




7. Memories about RF Mackenzie – What did you think of RF? Did you ever have direct experience of the man?




8. Belting – RF Mackenzie tried to ban the belt in Braehead – He did succeed for a short while – what are your memories or thoughts on this? Some people say today that we need to bring back ‘corporal punishment’ into schools – what are your thoughts on this?




9. What difference do you think attending Braehead made to your life?




10. Any funny memories or moments that you remember from your Braehead days?




11. Favourite and least favourite subject(s) and teacher(s)?




12. Did you take part in the ‘potato picking’ – what are your memories?




13. Did you take part in gliding, canoeing, climbing, camping etc., what are your memories and experiences?




14. Did you go to Rannoch or Inverlair? Again what are your memories?




15. Were you involved in the Braehead News or the school council, school band, car maintenance etc., Why did you get involved, what was good for you, what did you enjoy?




16. Is there a place for RF Mackenzie’s thinking on education in today schools?




17. Looking back on your experiences overall, and Braehead still existed in Buckhaven would you consider sending your children to Braehead now? And why would that be?




18. What will be your lasting memories of the school?




19. Any other comments or memories about Braehead that you would like to make?




20. Any questions that you think should be included in the e-mail interview sheet?




 

Many thanks for your time and your memories.

Jim Hamilton