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Aims and Duties of the True Teacher
The following paper was read by-
Mrs. .McWhorter, teacher in the Win
der Public Schools, before the Par
ent-Teacher meeting at the Christian
church, Friday, February 4th.
Madam President and Friends:
This subject: “The Aims and Du
ties of the True Teacher,” is one
which is so broad that in this lim
ited time I can touch only upon one
phase of it.
In every vocation cf life we see
thneed of men and women who
have some aim, some purpose in view,
something worth-while to accomplish.
The world is full of driftwood.
If we as teachers begin our work
with the proper aim in view;, our
duties which should be means to
this end, I think will properly line
themselves up and in order present
themselves to us.
Someone has said, and truly so,
that the educated man whose charac
ter is lacking is dangerous as wedl as
useless. Primarily then every teach
er should have as an aim character
building.
Since education means development
along all liner, the true teacher
should study the pupils and endeavor
to catch a vision of what each boy
and girl would if developed in every
way, and then should aim for that
ideal. The duties of the teacher
would then mean all the training nec
essary to bring about this result. It
would mean further that the teacher
must be wide awake to these oppor
tunities and grasp them.
The Bible tells ue: “Asa man
thimketh so is he.” Kighit thinking
then, must be one of the fundamen
tals of eduoaiton. Certainly, to di
rect the child’s thoughts into right
channels should be one of onr never
ending duties. Nothing can be truer
than this little poem:
“Sow a thought; reap an act,
Sow an act; reap a habit,
Sow a habit; reap a character,
Sow a character; reap a destiny.”
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From the College can be seen the
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The true teacher must be alert to
her duty; appreciate this sowing time
ami ever be ready to plant, during
these formative years, the seeds of
morality, high ideals and respect for
the rights and privileges cf others.
How to do this belongs to another
phase of this subject, but permit me
to digress far enough tto say it can
only be accomplished by example and
precept—“line upon line and precept
upon precept, here a little, there
a little.”
Once the pupil is led into the right
way of thinking; once he bears the
proper attitude toward his work, bis
fallow student ur.d his teacher; once
he understands and respects himself,
the problem of teaching book-love be
comes comparatively easy. These es
sentials pave the way for it.
Again, tl'.e teacher should aim to
impress the meaning and value of
government. Order, Heaven’s first law
should have its place with the teach
er. Without it she cannot expect
to accomplish much. Home govern
ment is of vi tal importance, sc hood
government is indispensable, nation
al government is necessary, but noth
ing means more to the individual
than self-government. “Self - rever
ence, self - know-ledge, self-control;
these three alone lead life to sover
eign power.” A right conception of
and a right attitude toward govern
ment sows in the pupil the seeds of
good citizenship.
Yes, aim high; expect great things;
teach our pupils to aim high. Emer
son says: “Hitch your wagon to a
star.” If there is any class of peo
p’e to whom this applies more than
another it is the teacher. Before her
lie the greatest possibilities—that
of molding the plastic minds and
shaping the character of the youth of
our country. It is a God-given task
Let us regard it as such and go tD
Him for guidance in the performance
of the duties that will materialize
our aims.
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The Winder News, Thursday, February 17, 1916,
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0. H. Patrick, Opt.
If you have any Eye or Nerve
trouble, or if the Glasses you
are now wearing are not giv
ing satisfaction, this is the
time to see about it here in
your home town.
Mr. Patrick lives here and
you can pin your faith on his
corrections.
Office over De La Perriere’s
Drug Store.
“For young minds and hearts are be
fore us
To move and mould as we may,
Their hopes and ambitions are rising
Life seems to them brighter each day
Then let us help and not hinder
The workings of each useful mind;
For the world’s greatest need now
and ever
Is men who have left wrong behind.”
Didn’t Like the Hawk.
Mr. T. O. Pendergrass, who lives
just outside of Winder, is a dear lov
er of yaller-legged chickens. For
some time he has had unwelcome
help in disposing of hie friers. But
the limit was reached Sunday morn
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tackled and killed his big, fine
Shanghai rooster. The timely arri
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buttinsky to retreat, but too late to
save the life of Mr. Rooster. Full of
rev. nge and bursting with a desire tc
get even, he set up a trap over the
carcass of the departed Shanghai and
a Little later smiled with she when
he captured a chicken hawk that
meai-ured four and a half feet from
tip to tip. Mr. Pendergrass ie a
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good church man and the reporter ab
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Mr. Pendergrass said when he beheld
the chicken thief in captivity. We
saw what was left of the bird Mon
day morning. Enough was left to teli
it had been a hawk.
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