Thanh: Grandma, you say that you had three months for summer holiday when you were a pupil?
Grandma: Right. And we did lots of things during the summer.
Thanh: Wow, I wish we had a three-month summer holiday! Did you stay at school all day during the school year?
Grandma: No, we had lessons in the morning only.
Thanh: Did you have a lot of homework?
Grandma: Not a lot. And we never had extra lessons.
Thanh: Really? Did you study the same subjects as we do now?
Grandma: Yes and no. We didn’t have music and arts, or computer science.
Thanh: How did you go to school then?
Grandma: Well, we walked all the time. And we didn’t have shoes or sandals. We were walking barefoot.
Thanh: Poor you! But what did you do during break time? Did you chat with your friends or …?
Grandma: Yes, but… face-to-face. And we played traditional games such as hide-and-seek, tug of war, skipping, etc. There were no mobile phones or iPads then.
Thanh: Well, those were the days…