Extrait du livre Schubert
Schubert by Ann Rachlin and Susan Hellard Flowerpot Children's press
Schubert
The Viennese schoolmaster picked up his pen and began to write the letter. At last it was quiet. His pupils had gone home. For a few short hours the Lichtenstal School would be just his family’s home again, until tomorrow morning when they would all be back. Mr. Schubert had heard that the headmaster of Leopoldstadt School had died. “That would be the school for me!” he sighed. So here he was, applying for the job. He wrote: ‘When I came to the Lichtenstal School, it had such a bad name that there were no pupils. I used my own money to furnish the school and pay an assistant. Now, I have 174 pupils. Many are so poor that I teach them for nothing. Please give me the opportunity to work in a well-equipped school where I can prove how good I am.’