Suitabook
Gender and ambitions
A pupil says cooking is a girl’s job, and another says nursing is for girls; Teacher Langa counters both assumptions and the class joins in encouragement.Critical: the book challenges or disapproves of this theme.Critical: the book challenges or disapproves of this theme.How the book presents it: The dismissive remarks are challenged within the story rather than left as the final word.
Talk about: How might the children respond if someone in their class chose a job others did not expect?