Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-12-26
Written for ike Journal
"THOUGHTS."

Mr.. EDITOR; noticed, II
your last Issue, quotation iron
a teacher who vas desirous o.
: hearing the thoughts of Randolph
County teachers.
Well. | have been thinking.
and thinking, and THINKING; but
being a modest man, have re-
Trained from writing the thoughts
| THUNK until now
| am, circumStart ally, a tea.
cher bv profession; whether ex-
cellent or indifferent, some know
others do not. Now. it may seem
improper, in these critical times.
for man to be teaching: hat
Notwithstanding the fearful crisis.
the condition of our country, the
mnch- going 10 war, the sacrifi
ces Of my fellow brethren, | seem
to have been passed hy. and to
nave evaded these horrors, and
these short December davs find
me in the school room, a place
more deieterious. perhaps. to the
health of both body and mind
than the camp. ! have a brave
brother away down South in
Dixie, who is better teacher
than !, and a more distinguished
writer; and, | kind of console
myself by thinking that all can
not 90 to war, and that somebody
must teach school.
7 But those "thoughts:" In the
first place, | think that teaching,
under most circumstances, is rs-
ther hard berth. When we con-
slider MS high responsibility, his
imperative duty, how he has 10
be wearied and pc p 'eved, we
conclude a teacher should receive
at least a great big dollar and a
g-relt big quarter Q.25) per day.
When a teacher is to be employ
ed. the farmer says; "Whv paw
him more than the common la.
borer?" The teacher saws: PAY
me as much as YOU do YOUR me-
chanics-sl.50 to 81 30 per day
--and ! am satisfied" "But."
says the farmer, they have lost
time and money in learning their
trade" "Ay," SAYS the teacher,
$50 did to learn my trade"
80, yes, says the farmer, "but
you wouldn't take what your
'larnin' cost YOU and do with
out it. would you?-Of course,
the teacher answers "no." and
thus the parerts Of uneducated
children sometimes reason with
teachers; but we are happy to
know that men are now becOm-
ing more interested in, and en-
Iightened on the subject.
On thu teachers part. ne should
b amply qualified for his under
taking, for "A man, to teach a
public school. And TEACH 1T WITH
SUCCESS. Must be WISE mar,
not FOOL. Or else I've lost my
guess He or she should ne pre-
pared 10 avoid a "staIl" in any
case: and ffthere should be anv
would be graduates in the Dis
trict who think they know as
much as any common school
teacher. the teacher should be
able to say to them; "bring or
your Analytical Orthographv
your Higher Arithmetic. your
81 Part Algebra, your English
Teacher, (Pinneo's), your Philos-
ophy. etc, and wien you fag
through them all, ! wilIthen con.
fer upon You the degree OF A. B.
On the parents part, they
should try to be perfectly recon
ciled with toe prospect Of their
school from the day it commen
ces, onward and the voters
should be very particular in Sc
lecting one that Will suit all, /
without any sinister motives IN
view, laging aside every preju-
dice; and, they and the teacher
and students should all cooperate
together.
Everything else but vrangling
and .iangiing like there is in some
Districtsl lt is not so in mine.)
Then, to recapitulate: A scholar
for a teacher, reconciled and sat
isfied narents. agreeable and cbe-