TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Sir,—l should be glad if the following fact might be forcefully brought home to those members of the public who would be glad to see "overpaid" teachers suffer another "economy" cut. Unless special permission is- granted by the Education Board a teacher may not in any way engage iri any occupation from which he •anay derive monetary profit. It is deemed that teaching is a full-time occupation, and that indulgence in any other may prevent the teacher from giving of his best. This may in cases be fact, but in others i would assert' that if is harmful. Many active-minded teachers would profit professionally were they permitted to take their minds from what is often wearisome drudgery. A successful teacher who has reached the top of the tree, draws -a' meagre pittance in comparison with the man of equal ability who adopts another—any . other—profession. Suffocated.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 14
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