Personal Interview with Catherine Hartigan-Go, Audio Clip 1
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Title
Personal Interview with Catherine Hartigan-Go, Audio Clip 1
Description
In this audio clip, the interviewer asks the interviewee to describe her experience learning Noli Me Tángere in high school. The interviewee explains that she and her classmates read the novel in textbook format and were tested on the material in class. She adds that the teacher also assigned them to do activities like role play, which helped her remember specific details in the story.
Creator
Catherine Hartigan-Go
Kaylee Hartigan-Go
Source
Personal conversation between Catherine Hartigan-Go and Kaylee Hartigan-Go
Publisher
Kaylee Hartigan-Go
Date
November 20, 2020
Rights
Kaylee Hartigan-Go
Catherine Hartigan-Go
Format
Audio file (mp3)
Language
English
Coverage
Manila, Philippines
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Audio file (mp3)
Duration
2 minutes 30 seconds
Transcription
Kaylee:
Can you describe what your experience was like reading Noli Me Tángere in high school? You can talk about things like what school year you read it, or perhaps strategies that your teacher took in teaching the novel in class, for example.
Catherine:
[0:17] We used a textbook that has study guides to help you make sure that you understood the chapters. The teacher would just assign certain chapters for us to read in between classes, and then we would discuss it in class. I think the tests were, you know, the usual tests. You have true or false, fill in the blanks, essay questions, that sort of thing. It’s kind of a mix of everything. We studied it in third year high school, so that would be — eleventh grade? No. Ninth grade? Ninth grade, I guess.
Kaylee:
[1:09] No, eleventh grade.
Catherine:
[1:10] Eleventh grade, okay.
Kaylee:
[1:14] I know you've mentioned to me before that you had to do like role plays in class.
Catherine:
[1:25] Yes, certain chapters the teacher assigned for role play, and that's why I remember the character of Sisa because I had a classmate who did a really good job showing her descent into madness, when she was looking — frantically looking for her son and couldn't find him. That sort of made — that was a memory I still remember now, and it sort of reinforced the character in my mind. So, yeah, I guess that's the most memorable scene that I remember from the book. Although there are other, you know, little details also like the chicken neck — the chicken neck in the first chapter, and the priest who wasn't happy to get a chicken neck in his soup.
Kaylee:
[2:22] The priest who turned out to be the — one of the main villains in the book. <laughter>
Catherine:
[2:25] <laughter> Yes, that's right. He turns out to be the main villain, so he deserved the chicken neck.
Can you describe what your experience was like reading Noli Me Tángere in high school? You can talk about things like what school year you read it, or perhaps strategies that your teacher took in teaching the novel in class, for example.
Catherine:
[0:17] We used a textbook that has study guides to help you make sure that you understood the chapters. The teacher would just assign certain chapters for us to read in between classes, and then we would discuss it in class. I think the tests were, you know, the usual tests. You have true or false, fill in the blanks, essay questions, that sort of thing. It’s kind of a mix of everything. We studied it in third year high school, so that would be — eleventh grade? No. Ninth grade? Ninth grade, I guess.
Kaylee:
[1:09] No, eleventh grade.
Catherine:
[1:10] Eleventh grade, okay.
Kaylee:
[1:14] I know you've mentioned to me before that you had to do like role plays in class.
Catherine:
[1:25] Yes, certain chapters the teacher assigned for role play, and that's why I remember the character of Sisa because I had a classmate who did a really good job showing her descent into madness, when she was looking — frantically looking for her son and couldn't find him. That sort of made — that was a memory I still remember now, and it sort of reinforced the character in my mind. So, yeah, I guess that's the most memorable scene that I remember from the book. Although there are other, you know, little details also like the chicken neck — the chicken neck in the first chapter, and the priest who wasn't happy to get a chicken neck in his soup.
Kaylee:
[2:22] The priest who turned out to be the — one of the main villains in the book. <laughter>
Catherine:
[2:25] <laughter> Yes, that's right. He turns out to be the main villain, so he deserved the chicken neck.
Interviewer
Kaylee Hartigan-Go
Interviewee
Catherine Hartigan-Go
Location
Manila, Philippines
Files
Citation
Catherine Hartigan-Go and Kaylee Hartigan-Go, “Personal Interview with Catherine Hartigan-Go, Audio Clip 1,” Spatial Humanities, accessed September 20, 2024, https://spatial-humanities.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/34355.