Ayudas a desfavorecidos

In the 70s, children orphaned or disadvantaged families, were granted seats on seminars, targeted schools, usually for the Church.

My grandfather had a serious car accident that forced him to be in a hospital six months in bed without moving and then low for another two years.He was the only member of a family of 5, bringing home income.  The school where my uncle studied (my mother's brother) and my grandmother,  for that reason, requested for him a place in the “Colegio Arzobispal de la Inmaculada y San Dámaso Seminario de Santa María”,  although, for being close to Madrid town Rozas de Puerto Real, is identified as “Colegio-Seminario de Rozas”. There, he studied until he was 18 and realized he had no priestly vocation.

According to my uncle's account, the idiom “Las letras con sangren entran” was strictly fulfilled.They were very strict about teaching and discipline. The culture of children studying in seminaries was much higher than the rest of the children, but all based on punishment and much military discipline.

I attached photo of what is called “Libro de Calificación escolar” of that period in the seminary. By the way, my uncle has a lot of culture but very few good memories of that school.

Abstract:  En la época de los setenta, a los hijos de huérfanos o de familias desfavorecidas, se les concedían plazas en seminarios, colegios dirigidos, normalmente por la Iglesia. Mi abuelo tuvo un grave accidente de coche que le obligó a estar en un hospital 6 meses en una cama sin moverse y posteriormente de baja durante dos años más. Era el único miembro, de una familia de 5, que traía ingresos a casa. Mi tío ingresó en un seminario en el cual "la letra con sangre entra" se llevaba a rajatabla.