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Mr. Edwin P. Seaver, superintendent of the Boston public schools, spoke in Seaver 11 last night on "Teaching as a Profession."
Mr. Seaver said that one of the first qualifications of a teacher should be control. He could scarcely imagine a more unhappy man than one who chose teaching as his vocation without possessing this qualification. Each man must solve the problems for him self which arise in the profession. The...
There is a marked tendency among employers to choose men who intend to make teaching their life work. Teaching and studying to perfect one's self in some other profession at the same time, can be done, but the cases are rare in which both tasks are done justice. For...
The tendency of men from colleges, especially from Harvard, is away from elementary instruction. Indeed, to enter this requires some special preparation and knowledge. The principles of good teaching remain the same from the kindergarten to the college. The difference is in the application of them. The ideal preparation for...
The money rewards of teaching are small. Its greatest and most delightful return is the many deep and lasting friendships formed between the teacher and his pupils. The teacher should remember his relation to his pupils, that on his side there are strong moral obligations which he must observe. He...