‘Professionalism’ of teachers
Sir,—One who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress or appearance, one who is negligent or slipshod in manner, is no person to be teaching in New Zealand schools, irrespective of what Peter Joyce might think. Impressions gained at school have a big influence on pupils in after years, and one can be excused for questioning whether many of the problems society faces today result from slovenly school teachers. Once teachers placed the nobility of their profession above all else. Now in general more emphasis is placed on more pay, professional protesting, threatened
strike action, and the students’ well-being is often well down the list. Congratulations to Jim Baker, an election candidate for St Albans. He is a school teacher who places the welfare of students first, and aims to improve their opportunities in life.—Yours, etc., FRANK FREEMAN. November 11. 1981.
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