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Transcripts for BBCNEWS This Cultural Life 20240604 00:39:00

That s not a career. that was not considered a career! er.yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was.it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. so, which box did were you ticking at that age? well, i was a mercenary little child. the one that made the most money at that time was.. ..was the home economist. ah, right. so, although i was not really very interested, i took that in high school instead of what i should have taken, which was secretarial sciences. i should have taken typing. what was the result? i still cannot touch type. i have to look. are you.are you two fingers? four. ok. was there.was there a moment, though, where you suddenly thought, actually, i need to write? oh, yes. that would be when i was 16. yes, i started writing at that ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS This Cultural Life 20240604 02:38:00

So doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let s see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that s three. that s three. er.| don t know, was it housewife? did that count? that s not a career. that was considered a career. er.yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was.it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. so, which box did were you ticking at that age? well, i was a mercenary little child. the one that made the most money at that time was.. was the home economist. ah, right. so although i was not really very interested, um. i took that in high school instead of what i should have taken, which was secretarial sciences. i should have taken typing. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS This Cultural Life 20240604 09:39:00

Which was supposed to be guiding us to ourfuture, um.careers. hmm. so there were lots of future careers for boys. so doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let s see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that s three. that s three. er.i don t know, was it housewife? did that count? that s not a career. that was not considered a career. er.yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was. . . it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. so, which box did were you ticking at that age? well, i was a mercenary little child. the one that made the most money at that time was.. was the home economist. ah, right. so although i was not really very interested, um. i took that in high school instead of what i should have taken, which was secretarial sciences. i should have taken typing. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS This Cultural Life 20240604 02:38:00

Thinking in that way at all when you re seven. no. when i entered what we would call high school, they gave you a book called guidance. we had it in class, called guidance, which was supposed to be guiding us to our future, um.careers. hmm. so there were lots of future careers for boys. so doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let s see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that s three. that s three. er.| don t know, was it housewife? did that count? that s not a career. that was considered a career. er.yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was.it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. so, which box did were you ticking at that age? well, i was a mercenary little child. the one that made the most money at that time was.. was the home economist. ....

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