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English grammar, composition indelibly link themselves with all
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THE SUNDAY STAR MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON. O. C.. AUGUST 26. 1956
The Teaching Profession
MRS. LOIS PARKER doesn't step ter out of her own job in advising would-be teachers en
these pages. She's vocational counselor as well as teacher at Montgomery Slair High
School. Mrs. Parker, bom and reared in Silver Spring, was herself graduated from Montgomery
Blair. She was also graduated from Washington College, Chestertown, Md., and holds a
master's degree in counseling from George Washington University.
Q. Does personality have anything to do with whether cr not you’d make a good
teacher?
A. Yes. Teaching isn’t a business. You have to have a certain amount of dedication.
To be a good teacher, you have to have a sense of humor (not that you have to be funny
yourself, but you have to be able to see the funny side of things*, patience, a sense of
being fair with your fellow man, a certain amount of humility, the ability to accept a
person for himself, and, of course, a command of the subject you teach.
Q. What subjects that you took have proved most valuable to you as a teacher?
A. English grammar and composition were the most valuable subjects I took in
school. Nothing is more valuable to a teacher than a command of language, an ability to
write clearly, to speak fluently and to make oneself understood. If you can’t do these, no
matter how well you may know a particular subject, you’d find it difficult, if not im
possible to teach.
On the college level, psychology was the most valuable course I took. In the class
room, a teacher works with individuals with individual problems and needs. Psychology
gives you a better understanding of human beings, an insight into how and why people
do what they do. This, in turn, helps you deal with the various needs of students.
Q. Are there any subjects you didn’t take that, now, as a result of your experience,
you wish you had taken?
A. Yes. I’d take more philosophy. Philosophy affects your thinking generally and
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