Retrospective considerations in training teachers regarding problems faced in adolescence

With the help of a questionnaire addressed to 276 training teachers, we investigated the difficulties encountered by these adults during their adolescence with their teachers, their parents and their friends. Three-quarters of our subjects had trouble with their parents and their friends, while only half of them had trouble with teachers. A great proportion (40%) of those who had trouble with their teachers laid the blame on themselves rather than the teachers. Concerning parents, father's authoritarianism received the most criticism and subjects complained that they had little personal freedom. A considerable proportion of subjects (34%) attribute difficulties with their former comrades to themselves.