Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nation. In spite of the reforms in dress and other customs which have been forced upon that land, it remains true to its tradition, the tradition of the East. Only recently a new proof of this was brought to light when some Turkish schoolchildren put a tack in the teacher's chair. Of course, they had been led by an infiltration of western ideas to believe that such a joke would so pain the teacher as to amuse the class. They reckoned not upon the Oriental influences that were to work upon that tack...
Schooled in the apathy of the mystic, in the ataraxy of the Oriental stoic, the teacher sat quietly upon the tack and conducted his class. Then, when he had ended his lecture, he expelled them all. Thus did tradition of the East vanquish the smartness of the West in a Turkish seat of learning...
Primarily and logically the relation between professor and undergraduate is that between teacher and learner. When the roles are reversed, as they are by the publication of student criticisms, the orderly course of college life is seriously disturbed...
...becoming professionals these two followed the lead of Miss Helen Wainwright who in June, 1925, became swimming teacher at Portsmouth, N. H. (TIME, June 22, SPORT...
This incident, absurd as it must seem to an unprejudiced observer, throws light upon one of the most serious problems of education. Many men who have no special aptitude for understanding and stimulating young minds, enter upon careers as teachers, presumably because they seem to fit nowhere else, and teaching looks easy. As educators they are a follow mockery, and one such pseudo-teacher can do more harm by disgusting young minds with academic pursuits, than ten real scholar-teachers can undo. To judge by the evidence, Trinity College has a dean of this type...