A student who resides at the educational center or who has lunch there is called a pupil.
Pupil is a notion with several uses. Coming from pupillus , a Latin word, it is usually used to name a child or young person with respect to their teacher, professor or tutor . For example: “The new regional athletics champion is a pupil of Professor Franco” , “I was a pupil of this school for five years” , “I want my son to be a pupil of Colegio San Marcos” .
Sometimes the term pupil is used as an equivalent of pupil , student , apprentice or other similar terms. However, it is often used specifically to name the student who lives at the educational center (spending their nights there) or who has lunch at the institution .
What is a ward
These particularities, therefore, raise certain differences in the appropriate use of the concepts. The child who enters school at 8 in the morning and leaves at 13 , without receiving any food at the entity, can be named as a student or pupil. On the other hand, a child who remains at school until 5 p.m. , eating lunch in the school cafeteria, can be classified as a ward.
In a similar sense, a minor who spends eight months a year at school, living inside the institution , may be defined as a ward or boarding student. The situation is different for those who return home every day and only return to school the next day, only to attend the corresponding classes.
In some cases, pupil is used as a synonym for student.
The term in literature and cinema
Within the world of cinema, television and even literature, certain pupils have gained special relevance. This would be the case, for example, of the narrator in the novel “The Name of the Rose” , written by Umberto Eco in 1980 and which was later made into a film by Jean Jacques Anaud in 1986 .
Specifically, the pupil is Adso de Melk , a young Benedictine novice who is under the orders and teachings of Brother William of Baskerville . From this you will learn to see beyond what the eyes show and even to “bind” clues and signals. He will learn this during the case they must solve in an abbey in the Ligurian Apennines : the clarification of a series of deaths of monks, which most believe indicate that the Apocalypse is approaching. However, the two main characters are clear that behind these crimes lies a book that was believed to have disappeared, the second volume of Aristotle 's "Poetics."
The pupils of Jesús Hermida
In the field of television, people often talk, specifically in Spain , about Jesús Hermida 's pupils. This was one of the country's great journalists, in charge of broadcasting the arrival of man to the moon, who created a new television format: morning news. This gave rise to countless promising young people appearing alongside him, whom he gave a chance, whom he turned into his pupils and who years later have become references on Spanish radio and television.
Specifically, among Hermida 's pupils are Nieves Herrero , Irma Soriano , Consuelo Berlanga , Agustín Bravo ...
In the same way, in the field of sports and art , those who trained under a recognized figure are usually named as pupils: “I was the pupil of a very famous tenor, who taught me everything about the voice” , “The coach "He has as his favorite pupil."