Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-23
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Hepy 70 "beachers are HoFns NOT Made."
Teachers, like poets, are born
not made" said aW. A. j." in (
recent article in this column. After
careful searching we find that all
poets mothers had more than ordi-
nary intelligence, and that they have
all studied to prepare for life's work
Nine per cent are college-bred men
Milton spent er'l years studying
literature : art.
"W. A.J." said that there were
good teachers who never entered col
lege. Yes, but they would have
been better teachers if they had been
in college. Born teachers are dia-
monds i,fthe rough; made teachers
are polished diamonds. Who cares
for a rough diamond? Are not our
children more precious than these
gemsy A female baby is born a
female; but it takes a lot of the
mothers prayers and training to
make a perfect woman. A Shep-
herd pup is born Shepherd pup,
but if it is not trained it will not be
of any use to the shepherd. / am
glad to say our people are beginning
TO see that a good teacher pays, for
Oconee has more college trained
teachers to-day than last year.
Can stream rise higher than it's
head? If we employ these girls
who cannot enter the "Prep." class
at our colleges, to teach, I'VE cannot
expect to come to the front in edu-
cational matters. A teacher (p) in
Oconee was talking to me about the
books in our libraries. She said, "I
do not like 'The Sketch Book /
like love stories" l also talked
with Gan accomplished" teacher
about the educational rally in Oco-
nee this summer. Her reply was,
81 never heard of it before. Does
Mr.. Ogden live here ?"
Can a young girl govern a school
Stop and think. The business man
has realized that we'll ll-trained book
keeper pays. Are not our darlinga
more precious than our money? The
Bible tells us that Timothy's educa-
tion began in his grandmothers. Let
us go to work lettering our schools.
If we want an educated people edu-
cate the women. She is like the
candle Shakespeare speaks of. Go
over Pickens and Oconee and make
the schools study, as / have; then
you can see that the time is at hand
to work.
l visited school where "born
teacher" was teaching. A little
child who was of nervous tempera-
ment had nervous chill. The
teacher commanded her to be still
She could not, and was whipped by
that teacher. Another "baby
teacher" asked weak-eyed boy to
take his book down from his eyes
In one of the schools teacher was
hearing class. She asked the shape
of the earth, and a boy replied
"Round." "That is not like it is in
the book; it says it is round like an
apple or ball." The class looked
like dumb, driven cattle. ! took an
apple and made an object lesson OF
the shape of the earth and the hemi.
sphere. / left an animated class. TIC
be successful teacher you must love
the work and the children, share
their joys and sorrows.
i admit that all are not called
teachers, but fear that large pei
cent of our teachers have answered
some ones call. I know man who
has two daughters teaching. He il
able to send them to college, but puts
them out to teaching, saying, "Wha,
is the use of spending money edu,
eating them when they can draw 8
salary2" Sherman destroyed on,
property when he marched to the
sea, but this class of teachers are
doing more harm than Sherman
Dickens tells us how the minds o.
children are ruined by poor teachers
Jefferson said, "Preach q crusade
against ignorance" This is tht