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Show THE SCHOOL TEACHERS H School is beginning once more The children are soon to he in I' evidence H But how about the teachers? They arc in the background, supervised ami superintended for In the good of the schools and the credit of their superiors They ar-- H told exactly what to teach and how to teach it and at whal precise H moment they must turn from one subject to another They are told H how to manage their windows. They are liable at every momen: J to have some authorized person or some visitor come in 1.. see what 1 they are doing. The must keep their peace with parents and sup- port all the conventional moralities and be examples The musl I fill out innumerable reports, many of which appear to them useless I They are underpaid, yet they must dress appropriately, and count .1 their scanty pennies to do it The burden of detail that they musl carry is enormous And ye1 somehow or other, they do not forget I that after all the are not mere parts of a machine or mere teachers jl of subjects, but teachers of children, and they manage to se- Tom Dick and Mary as real human beings, with Lives to live and real 'J problems to solve, and often they help them in vital personal affairs as fathers and mothers cannot and do no1 I It is the teachers that count. Let not the teachers be forgotten. |