Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The key to understanding the extraordinary success of Shaffer's work (he also is responsible for the film's screenplay) lies in the fundamental issues of existence raised by Dysart's mental meanderings. In his search to uncover the sources of Strang's obsession, Dysart observes that "a child is...
Changing society's image of the prostitute seems to be as important a goal to Weeks as gaining acceptance of the profession. She quickly points out the other skills and second jobs many prostitutes have--"We are church goers, PTA-goers and mothers," Lewis says of the women he worked...
Convincing authorities of the worth of prostitutes' profession may be somewhat difficult. Lewis says Boston Police Superintendent Robert Jordan and several of his staff members refused to discuss with Lewis any matter related to prostitution. John Doyle, chief of Boston's bureau of investigative services, including the vice squad, says...
When the intensity ends, Kosinski continued, a person should not consider the end of a relationship a defeat, but merely a part of life. Too often "fraud creeps in and we drag on, the way we drag on with a profession or an apartment," he added.
Others question teacher quality. As the profession has lost social prestige, it has attracted more recruits who are themselves only average students. Says James Koerner, author of The Miseducation of American Teachers: "Teachers are not trained as adequately as the public thinks they are." Typically, over half the courses an...