STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES
' TO Ml EDITOR Sir,—lt is almost amusing to read theletters by F. W. M'Kenzie and others that every now and again appear' in our evening paper. One would think that j there is nothing particularly "grim" or trying, in a profession (that of teaching others) where the teachers have a 5-day [ week,, and three whole months, mind you, on holiday, in each year, on full I pay. ' Contrast this with the ordinary business assistant, the daily grind, six days a week, and one week on holiday on full pay in each year. The only wonder is, that, instead of 500 students up at the Training College, there are not 500t>. It is the conditions under which one labours that count. Then there are the plums of the teaching profession to contest and hope for, as well as a good superannuation to finish up with. No, Sir, it will take a good many letters to convince the' people of ' New Zealand that their school teachers are not jolly well off. May they get on with their work and realise it, is my sincere wish. —I am, etc., E. FI-TZ JAMES. sth March.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 56, 7 March 1923, Page 9
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193STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 56, 7 March 1923, Page 9
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