Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-23

From the Rainier News.
The life Of the school teacher IL in
deed a hard one Many Of us fail to
realize the trials which the average
teacher must bear patiently. Indeed,
cinsidering the great sacrifices de-
manded and the comparatively small
reward received in return. it is to be
wondered at that any really compe-
tent teachers are to be had
Tho pay Of the teacher is, all things
considered. very small One must re-
member that a school teacher must
be high school graduate, and the ma
jority Of them are graduates Of col
ieges and normal schools Do we all
realize what this means? II means a
sacrifice of money, sacrifice of time
IN fact. a sacrifice Of everything that
is most valuable TO young man or 70
young woman.
The high school student. as well as
the college or normal school student
has expensive books 20 buy in great
number The school fails TO provide
for this expense There are also
lothes TO be rroyidc1.for one must al
ways be neat and clean.
Many also fail 20 realize the great
amount of time required to master the
many subjects required. The attend
anoe 90 school requires ont slight pc.
riod Of time compared 10 the outside
study. know. myself. from expe-
rience that the lessons to be masteIed
in an evening requires four or Eve
hours
In view OF the foregoing II would
seem that the school teacher should
command q respectable salary; but
owing to lack OF appreciation or other
unknown reasons. she does not An
| other question which is the cause oI
much comment and argument is the
so-called married teacher" question
There are many varying opinions OF
| this subject / myself do not think :
married woman should be allowed u
hold a position as teacher so long as
her husband is in a position TO support
her. She only keeps some young wo
man. who probably really needs the
position out of a place which she ha.
rightfully earned.
In the case of the woman who has
oecome widowed or otherwise Sf
without support, ! consider the mat
ter entirely altered. In such a case
lhink the woman entitled to equal con
/ sideration with the woman who has
never married, always provided. o
course. she can meet the requirement.
of the position.
Before closing this article I wisl
TO say a few words on another subicc
| which deserves consideration This
is the pension of teachers. Many scof
at the thought, and not without just
ication, but there is a phase to tn,
question which few. if any, have con
4 sidered Teachers who reaCn on ad
vanced age are in my opinion incOm
petent Not that they are not just al
intelligent and Woodworking as il
their younger days but because there
is a tendency for an older person Z,
become unreasonable and cranky"
a child, especially young one with
out the faculty Of deep reasoning. il
very apt to think that by failing Z,
learn he can spite a teacher VINO ha
been cross with him. This is very OF
ten tie case and under the circum
stances the child dies not derive IN,
greatest possible benefit from his at
tendance at school.
Then again, there is the younl
teacher to be considered Their,
should be some way to honcraLlv re
tire the teacner VINO has become worl
out in the service, and thus provid
advancement for the Younger gener
alton. In view of the ever increas
ing number OF children who atten,
| our schools, and the ever increasinl
importance of education in the world
business as well as professional, tn,
question of more competent teacher.
| should be given more and deeper con
sideration than has been accorded il
the past
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