Show where shall teacher te c her live it happens not infrequently that the more prosperous farmers refue to lo rent a room to tile school teachers merely because they dont need tile the money S she ahe roes goes to a pourer poorer nome home aher u there are few of the comforts and none nobe of the privacy she needs where she must sit sil in a cold room spend the entire evening with tile the family she pays from twenty to thirty dollars a for a place to sleep and the plainest of fare any to rio do I 1 er 14 luct LA ark fr fir the chil chili iiren fren cm committed to her care must have lave a warm room to which she can retire when she will perhaps we do not consider closely enough what a responsible and difficult t position the co country u n try teacher is expected to fill besides her work wor k of I 1 teaching which usually is more than enough for any woman to do well she fills the places of playground supervisor moral advisor p eacher ard in reality rau lity mother for she fhe must a e that the careless johnnies Johnnie 8 and malys button up coats coals and flo do not forget overshoes ove shoes aab rib mitt erF in addition to all thissie this she is often cald into service as a nurse to care f for or cuts and for symptoms of so BO on tier rier time is not her own from the lime me she starts for school until late at night her day rovers a period of if at least nine hours on most night she inu must study examine pa otherwise complete work that can call not nit ie be done a at noon or recess at hours she needs to be much alive on the lu player curd vu rd till over the school plant in in fret during tha cay ay she grinds ff classes at the etite of one every five to fifteen minutes snatching tinie lime to 1 inac I lat vl OU serman many an adult can testify i I 1 that his a to receive H R hirdt education or to do something worth while in the world was waa inspired by b one of if these talks f frum rum the teacher while the te beacht acho r travels on high through recitations ale must keep a keen eye on the other jiuji pupils ls t see that thai they the are actually working and not into mischief the heat in in the venti ventilating lazing of the acon ando in many schools the hot lunch must a aa b sue sije vi idel ie I 1 s aj 4 1 f A tl I 1 I 1 I 1 thet no ti time me is is lost f from rom the class sched ule and I 1 the he m idem teacher ha has many any social S cial duties as well rhe hie voun people ot of the expect her to 0 give them gital edees on enter tainia tai nit g for their social gatherings and thi the parents enjoy school enter tain v here lhoir children will have a chance to perform they even expect the teacher to arrange these programs outside tier her regular school time lime in many the echroth u e is is used as a community unity center and the teacher is la very much td upon your r should find a board ipg place in in one of if the best hornes h urns in the community where herc she cani can have ali ah the comfore ml orits and conveniences n that the district affons fur for the sake hake of the men and women of tomorrow if not farmere for mere huma humanizes sake front from the farmers farmen wife sept 1926 |