The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-03-23
The Model Teacher.

wisdom which nature displays for every
beine Of the universe, should never con-
ceive pushing vocation TO success and
prosperity
The stumbling blocks Of life include |
the Young men and young women who'
not possessing education, in the true sense
of the word, have chosen 3 vocation, re-
living solely or the intellectual power OF
some mutual individual and have plunged
themselves into disgrace AMI contempt
Note the eonclusiOn--the dark and the
gloomy conclusion Of both individuals,
the end to which the untalented and IN
educated man or woman was and Is IN
clining. This is the true gravity Of this
individual, but then comes the darker
eide Of the picture. The brilliant and ed
ueated youug man or woman, the talent
Cd and skillful individual, the one who
has been born a true man 81 woman,
must fail financially and lose his educa-
tional interests.
Interest is strength. The individual
that loses interest loses energy. The IN
dividuAl that loses energy loses will Ma
poIeon has remarked, Where there's 3
will there's q way" and ] may justly and
eonclusively add, from comparison, where
there is not viii, there is not
way.
Man starts on a journey-life He
peers through the gathering and concen-
traiing gloom as II sways in bis pathway,
he confronts it all, but the way is lost,
the viii fluctuates, hope yields, and des-
pair closes.
such is the picture Of the individual
who associates for mutual benefit with
the untalented and the uneducated per-
son.
The first grand requirement that is es-
sentiallin the material and immaterial
organization OF the Model Teacher" is
that he must be born instructor The
second grand requirement Is that ne
must have an interest in his work. The
teacher that has an interest in his work
is to be the young man Of tomorrow,
solving and contending with the difficult
problems that have bafied the intellect
ual energies Of the past.
To attain the remaining requirements
he must exercise the energies of his whole
being. Some of the most talented imms-
terial powers that have made any age IA
nous are lying dormant, uncultivated and
unknown. An instructor should be loyal
TO his doctrine.
Ifa man does not believe or practice
what he teaches, how can he expect any
body else TO believe or practice it? The
typical instructor is the one that clings to
what he says, in earnest, and vouches for
its authenticity; he shonld not be averse
to Join in the enjoyments Of respectable
society, bu' should exhibit his reluctance
to associate with degraded companions
A teacher should not ask or require hi:
scholars to do what he, as an instructor
fails to perform. The typical moulder o
the human race should be courteous ans
complaisant in all his actions, ready t
salute any one at the proper time AM
place. He should be q model in neat
ness, and accuracy, pleasant in disposition
winning in manners, and cleanly in PEI
son.
The teacher that lacks these essentii
qualifications deprives the children
the copy after which they are to moul
their lives. Although the teachers con
pensation is somewhat limited, there
no solicitation on the part of the patron
that he should wear costly raiment, bI
his clothes, as a copy, should be neat an
clean. A typical teacher has reverenc
for right and hatred for wrong, and
so instills it in the minds Of his pupil
He should be a perfect scholar in VIII
he attempts to teach and elucidate we
verssd in current events of the day,
well as past history. He will be proml
in all his actions, pushing his energie
intellectually and physically, to the tv
great ends ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an
government promp: to chastise and co
rect when a general rule and regulatio
is violated. The copy of the youths
our country must be a calm, moral, sci
posse ssed being, not given too much
the excitement and gayeties Of the na
ural world, but he must know his sphel
at all times, all places, and under all ci
cumstances.
The man who has an interest in his Y,
cation, teaching, viii associate with b
scholars frequently on the playgroun,
Let me urge and advise that there is NJ
place within the limits Of the teacher
jurisdiction that is more favorable 70
learning the nature of the children tha
on the playground. Here are exhibite
their habits. their disposition, their moi
ality and their skill and talent Again.
remark, that an individual that hopes t
achieve success in the art Of teachin
must be g thoughtful, inventive wide
awake individual = thinking and con
templating, conceiving and perseverin
to bring the hest out of everything an
to grasp the scepter in all contemplation,
An instructor should be q true psycholo
gist, understanding the nature Of his pu
pills The instructor that understand
the mental state Of his pupils will wors
to greater advantage than the one whc
isignorant of the mental powers Of hi
scholars
The model teacher will have good or
der in the schoolroom, not exclusively b,
threats OF display Of physical force, bu
by iDstilling an interest into the mind.
Of the children. As I have remarked. in
terest is all we want When the teacher
shall have secured this he has accom-
plished his aim-and accomplished i
successfully.
The responsibilities Of the teacher ar,
many, and he should realize the dut,
that rests upon him, and that he is en-
gaged IN q grand, noble and immorta
work-shaping and moulding immorta
minds for their eternal destiny. We NAV
work upon stOne-it viii perish We NAV
Sork upon metsl-time will efface it W.
may build monuments-ihey will erum-
bic 70 dust We may work upon immor-
tai minds, instill them with lest knowL
edge and education, and we sculpture
something on these tablets that will
shine and brighten through all eternity