The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-09
How to Treat School Teachers,
Washington Advertiser

In my 'deestrict' for quite a spell,
md u ought perhaps a few words of
'dyice from sage, such as myself,
md number OF my fellow directors,
night be OF value to directors, and
o teachers, also. didn't want the
'flice, but when the voters of the
"deest strict arose as one man and
demanded that sacrifice my own
comfort for the benefit Of the com
nonwealth, | could not we'll refuse.
For a long time | was obstinate. |
vas Just as obstinate as | could be,
out the citizens came to me with
tears in their eyes and laid their
heads on my shoulders and wept,
50 anx ious were they to have me
serve with all my wealth of ability.
They also pulled my neck beard, Of
which | have great plenty, and
when they had wept my breast pock-
let full OF damp, dank tears, could
no longer say no. | was elected by
an overwhelming majority of six,
that being the number who attend
ed the election, including myself
| have continued to hold this ardous
office ever since. Hence | thought
my wisdom thus acquired might be-
comfort and solace to the weary
and worn out teacher.
have found it a good plan nev-
er to treat teacher courteously, be-
cause she might forget her station
and become deluded with the notion
that she is just as good as other
lpeople This is wrong. Teachers
are paic opulent salaries for not be-
ing the equals Of folks whose dear
children they teach. Sometimes, |
have known of teachers getting as
much for their years of study and
sleepless nights as is paid a gent for
digging straight holes and putting
posts therein. That is too much.
Who would not rather teach the
mystic mind of some youngster who
can't keep his nose presentable than
to dig post holes? Teachers should
remem Der their station. Neither
should community stand by a
teacher, or she might become puff
fed up and feel too proud. Believe
everything the scholars tell at home,
and then write her lovely, scrawl-
ing note about how you "doa't
want your children TO study gram
mar, nohow,' and also tell her that
when you want your darlings
to be doctors you will let her know
when to begin teaching nasty physi-
ology. And then the teacher will
love you and your children, and
give them a nice prize the last day.
All these little petty annoyances
make the teachers life one great,
gladsome holiday, so it doesn't
make much difference whether she
has any other fun or not. Every
chance you get, when visiting the
school, carry mud onto her clean
floor with your great big, bunioned
feet, talk in loud boisterous man
ner, and let the pupils know her in
feriority, and the teacher will love
you so that if she ever gets chance
she will slip some rough on rats into
your coffee, just for a joke, you
know, to be agreeable.
Don't buy any apparatus for the
school room, and whenever the poor
teacher suggests any improvement,
call her attention to the fact that in
your day "they didn't have no such
new-fangled, high-falutin' idees,"
and fol ks got along just as well
Many of the pupils of your day pro-
badly rose to the distinction of know
ing that the time to eat is when you
are hungry, and the way to keep
your nose clean is to blow it, and
that is enough to know.
/ think, with these few hints, YOU
can make it so all fired pleasant for
the teachers that you will be able to
drive Most of them out of the busi-
ness or into the lunatic asylum.
|, as school director, have made
this subject a close study, and
think | know how to make it as un-
pleasant for the school teacher as
possible, unless some of the women
with their ownest-own sweetyoung.
sters in school should take il into
their heads to make her days agree
able. They can, with little effort,
make life one gay and gladstone
for the tired and care-worn teacher,
and they ought to do it.