The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-02
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
"A statement of Some of Their Needs and Their
DiscOura gcments.
(From the PhiIsdslphia Timesl

81 do not see what she has to com
plain Of. Works only six hours day,
five days out of the week, and the rest
OF the time she can do as she pleases
She is paid by the public, so there is no
chance of money loss, and, take it all
together, she is rs well off as anybody
can be who works for n living"
The abov2 is the opinion, not of one
or dozen persons in community, but
of majority. Because the school be-
| gins at o'clock it is taken for granted
that the teachers duties date from that
hour; because it closes Mt or half-past
four IN the afternoon it is supposed that
nothing remains for her to do, but
she can don her wraps, go home, shop
and visit nd libitum until the hour for
retiring has come. During the hours Of
confinement in the school-room she can
SIT III her chair by desk or walk quietly
around the room, looking after some two
or three scores of bright-eycd young
Stcrs who are busy Studying (?) and real
~ need little attention. That she earns
her money easily is forcgone concu-
sion. But does she?
! The fact is the honest, earnest, faith
iul teacher works harder and more con
tmuously than almost any other laborcr
IN the community. Mind, I say the
"honest, faithful teacher" That there
are those in this employment, as in all
others, whose only object is to get
through IN some way, it does not matter
now, only that they are sure of their
pay, ] do not deny. The result of their
work, or the lack Of it, shows how much
of thought and enthusiasm entered into
ITS doing. Their duties are left behind
them when the school-room door closes
IN the afternoon, and ''a good time" is
the watchword until they enter it in the
morning. That is not the kind of teach
CT am talking about. 1t is the kind
that soon finds no place unless political
influence intorfcres to make and keen
one.
The position Of conscientious teacher
is no Slnccurc. Far from the labor be-
ing confined to six hours u day. it fire.
qucntly extends deep into the time which
should be given to sleep. Present
methods require quite as much brain
work TO be done out of school hours as
H. lhcrc are weekly, monthly and
Icrm examinations to be conducted.
MoSt Oh thcm are written, and this in
NolNcS 4'hc careful examination of us
many papers as each teacher has scholars
il'ltipiicd oy the number OF studies pur-
S''co' lo'' VINO thihk this is small
matter, trS ii for one time with one suh
Jec' III your own 1amliy. have known
iii"'iS 'c''chcrS VINO spent every evening,
,i'oSc vi saturday ana sunday included,
i"r week" 't tilhc III TINS KIND of work,
,'h'h oo'S "il" ihiilu were utterly cN-
'I'"''''' An'' 'i'cSc were not exception
a. ''ScS' cannot see Whcrc the easy
'lii.e comes III lor them.
NS','c rom 'i,iS Is thc absolute neccSsi-
vi hecPih8 abreast Oh the rogrcsS III
All iilt'tcrs pertaining TO education. Each
year brings llS chahgeS. Science .ocS
',o' ","i,'' S''ll' New oiScoVerlcs are con
H"i'iy Doing mace ana what was thought
~ 'o 'r1c Yesterday may DC proven false
to-'"'E' NO ScNcrcf critics exist than chill
"'ch' i'c' 'c''ciicr ne found lacking III
NiloWlc"3c OF making misstatcmcnt,
"'iu iici iiln"cnc" Is shaken Repeated,
"'',' IL - gone forever
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