GIVÆR SCHOOL

Givær school is the place I worked at. With only 3 pupils (at that time), it must be considered a small school by any standards. Why it is so small? Well, the nearest schools on the mainland are 45 minutes away by boat, and weather can be very rough in our part of the country, so there you go...

In 1999, the three pupils, Chris age 11 (boy), Glenn age 14 (boy) and Sissel age 14 (girl), was a bunch of rather nice rascals that didn't make life too hard for those who worked here.

Besides the regular, full time teacher, you have Lisbeth, the part-time teacher. Lisbeth is one of the housewives of the island and has been teaching/assisting at the school for the last several years.

The summer of 1997, the old headmaster, Annveig, retired at reaching a very vivacious age of 65. She had been in charge here for the last 4 years. Now, the school is administered from the school at Helligvær, a group of islands a bit north of there. Nelly - the headmaster there, is now the new boss and pays visits to Givær every two weeks.

Living on such a small island can cause a number of difficulties - such as: where to do PhysEd? Even though the main islet is just about 0,1 square kms, there are a few places where you actually CAN play soccer without having to go fishing for the ball every 5 minutes....*s*