Evening star. [volume], November 26, 1944, Page 20, Image 80

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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Teachers Are Human!
BY EMILY POST
Let them lead normal
lives: Your children
will be happier, too
At the present time, when the
^ many newly graduated teach
ers have settled down to their first
winter’s work, the following letter
from an older teacher seems espe
cially pertinent:
“As the general public well
knows, the opening of schools this
year revealed a decline in the num
ber of university graduates who
had chosen teaching as a vocation.
This is thought by most school
boards to be caused solely by the
fact that ‘other jobs’ pay better.
“It is true the monetary con
sideration is a big factor, but there
are others of even greater import
ance — and I believe the solutions
are right in your field, Mrs. Post.
“Many people expect a teach
er to combine the wisdom of
Athena with the virtue of a
saint. Let a teacher dress in
smart, attractive clothes or enjoy
a soda in the company of a casual
man friend and there is gossip. Let
her express an opinion on politics
— not in the classroom but as a
private individual — and tongue
wagging grows.
Why I«t Teackm?
“Can't you say a word in de
fense of the profession of educa
tion and do your bit to see that
our children are taught by quali
fied, happy, unharried teachers?”
In reply to this letter, there are
a number of things that I have long
wanted an opportunity to say.
One of these is to protest against
those who seem to have kept a
mid-Victorian hold on the conduct
of teachers — and on them alone.
The point I should like to make,
to parents and school boards both,
is that teachers are exactly like
the rest of us. They must possess
normal intelligence and sufficient
education. They must be citizens.
Surely then, they should not be
denied the normal pleasure of
social contacts, and the right to
free expression of their views. To
keep watch on how they spend
their free time, what they say in
the company of their friends, and
to dictate the cut of their clothes,
makes us look like Gestapo agents.
On the other hand, ’a teacher —
either young or old — does have
to realize that like the perfect
parent, she is an unceasing exam
ple to the children in her class. If
she is a really qualified teacher,
her influence is immeasurable, and
can easily be permanent.
Children Respond Retter
I would like to emphasize as the
greatest of assets some of the quali
ties that this letter describes as
tabu. Any school board that ap
proves of teachers’ appearing drab
and dowdy makes a grave mis
take. Children are very responsive
to beauty and to charm. They will
look up to Louise Lovely as well
as to Barbara Bright. When they
meet a teacher who is the combi
nation of loveliness and clever
ness, and who also has what they
sense as “character,” she has little
difficulty in leading them.
That anyone could want a
teacher to be a Miss Pinch peck
Prim is incredible. In primary
school — and indeed, at all levels
— nothing could be of more im
portance than a teacher’s own
happiness and peace of mind —r
which in turn is reflected to the
children in her care.
Naturally the teacher's be
havior should be that expected
of any well-bred young woman.
Her appearance should probably
be on the conservative side ol
smartness. And she herself should
feel her own responsibility to youth
as its example. But we only defeat
our own purposes if we put ob
stacles in the way of a full and
happy life for those who shape out
children's minds.
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