A peek into some of Portugal’s schools.
In 1940, the Portuguese government announced its “centennial plan,” a program to build a large number of primary schools. The schools in the north of the country, designed by Rogério de Azevedo, look austere with their granite and schist exteriors. The schools in the south, designed by Raul Lino, have graceful arches and whitewashed walls. Both designs used elements of the vernacular architecture and became integral parts of the Portuguese landscape.
With the number of children in decline, some of these schools have been closing. The school in the village of Cachopos near Comporta in Alentejo closed in the late 1990s but found a new life as a restaurant appropriately called A Escola (the school).
The building is located in a beautiful woodland. Our arrival was greeted by the chirping of birds and perfumed by the scent of eucalyptus.
As we sat at the table remembering learning the three Rs, a plate of marinated rabbit…
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What a wonderful little school! Even I would have paid attention to my lessons here 🙂
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But only when you wanted to?
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Quite possibly. Oh, I was such a naughty thing at school. It’s a good job those days are behind me.
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I refuse to believe that.
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TeeHee! I was a little bit naughty. But I am so well-behaved now, of course.
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I got in trouble when I was in Kindergarten.
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Never! It cannot be true 😉 Mind you, you are definitely a naughty little tinker (as my mother would say) so perhaps you started young!
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Probably not, tho.
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Pah. Sadly, the Professor is most probably right. Again.
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It is hard to beat perfect.
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Very much so. But don’t tell him that, whatever you do.
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*drops leaves*
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Hey – where did those leaves come from?
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Ah, that is a good question.
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Perhaps he carries them around, just in case. Of a leaf shortage.
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I’ve got so many bunches of them, it’s a wonder.
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Very useful, no doubt. Especially if you go around dropping them.
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He always is except when he is not.
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