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Sham Chun and Canton. But they were those, according to the New Territories Inspectors of Schools, who had lost their jobs because of educational reforms in China and whose training and attitude were too antiquated to be tolerated.”29.
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The following table, which summarises the types of schooling and careers of twenty-two people of the village, born between 1895-1915, who attended schools in the 1910's and 1920's, helps to show that changed situations had brought new aspirations and demands. The cases are enough to tell that 1) experienced teachers were giving up their jobs for better paid work as shopowners, clerks and even grocers; 2) even 5-8 years of schooling at the traditional village schools turned out people capable of becoming shop-assistants, farmers, labourers or herbalists only and 3) an Anglo-Chinese education could equip people to take up much better-paid jobs such as clerks, registered teachers in the city and eventually headmasters.
Year of birth Years in school Type of School Subject Occupations 1895 10 2, over 10 3, 6, 3.1, 1.3 Subsidized village school teacher, shopowner at Shek Wu Hui! 1900 10 1901 5, 8 L, 4, 3, 3 Subsidized village school teacher, clerk at a private firm in Hong Kong 1905 7, 6 Clerk at private firm, businessman, Landowner, farmer, hawker, Interpreter/clerk in Police Department and Medical Department, Subsidized school teacher at Kowloon, headmaster, Businessman at Kowloon, government clerk1. 12 i
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