Since school has finally started here I thought this list of rules for teachers would be fitting...
In earlier times, anyone who passed eighth grade was allowed to take an examination for a teacher's certificate. A list of rules for these young women seem harsh compared with today's standards....
1. You will not marry during the term of your contract.
2. You are not to keep company with a man.
3. You must be home between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am unless attending a school function.
4. You may not loiter downtown in stores or ice cream parlors.
5. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your father or brother.
6. You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of the board.
7. You may not smoke cigarettes.
8. You may not dress in bright colors.
9. You may not, under any circumstances, dye your hair.
10. You must wear at least two petticoats.
11. Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle.
12. To keep the schoolroom neat and clean, you must sweep the floor at least once daily and scrub the floor at least once a week with hot, soapy water. Clean blackboards at least once a day and start the fire at 7 am so the room will be warm by 8 am.
And to think, some people say they miss the good old days!!
2 comments:
Hello Hosta girl! How are you? I enjoyed reading your blog. You write well and I found it very amusing. (I'm a retired English language teacher myself).
I loved your photos of flowers although the toad lily reminded me a of a childhood nightmare. It's odd isn't it how these things stay with us all our lives. I grow Hostas too, our garden is a wild cottage garden full of bluebells in spring and alll manner of plants that i put in ages ago and they just came up! I'm an artist and if you would like to look at my work you can find it on www.artwanted.com/margarita
At the moment I've started to publish some of my unfinished short stories in serial form. It's forcing me to to finish them. It's great fun too! I shall be looking out for your next blogs. Take care.
Regards from Rusty in Wales, UK
So we should not be complaining these days.
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