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RULES FOR TEACHERS 1872

* The teachers of each day fill lamps, clean chimneys.
* Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a bucket of coal for the session of the day.
* Make your pens carefully. You can trim the feathers to the tastes of the individual student.
* Men teachers may take one evening a week for courting purposes or two evenings a week if they go to church regularly.
* After ten hours in school, teachers may spend the rest of the time reading the Bible or other good books.
* Women teachers who marry or engage in inappropriate behavior will be dismissed.
* Every teacher should set aside each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his last years so it will not become a burden to society.
* Any teacher who smokes, used alcohol in any form, frequents pool or public halls or shave in a barber shop will give you good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty.
* The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will provide an increase of twenty-five cents a week in his pay providing the Board of Education approves.



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RULES TEACHERS for 1915

In truth, the lifestyle of a teacher has changed dramatically over the last 50 or 60 years. For example, an Teacher magazine in 1915 listed the following rules of conduct for teachers that day.

* You will not marry during the term of your contract.
* You must not keep company with men.
* You must be home between 8 pm and 6 am unless attending a school desk.
* You may not loiter downtown in one of the ice cream stores.
* You can not travel beyond the city limits if you do not have the permission of the Chair.
* You can not get into a car or a car with a man unless he is your father or brother.
* You can not smoke cigarettes.
* You can no circumstances dye your hair.
* You can not smoke cigarettes.
* You can not dress in bright colors.
* You must be at least two petticoats.
* Your dresses must not be shorter than two inches above your ankle.
* To keep the classroom neat and clean, you must: mop the floor at least once a week with hot soapy water, clean the blackboards at least once a day, preheat the oven to 7 hours so that the room will be warm by 8 pm.

He aspired to be a teacher in the 1800s and early 1900s!

They seem a bit extreme, to say the least. Today it would be unheard of for a job to dictate what you do while not at work.

I am an atheist, but what it has to do with it:)

Are you giving us a history lesson or something? Sorry I do not do homework

Now, not licking my ass .......

Extreme, I am an atheist, but I think the extreme is more e fact that I am a teacher, LOL.

I think everyone is a reflection of the ideals of his time, but I wonder what jurisdiction (s) you found these.
Personally, I find the 1915 rules annoy me more than 1872 rules.

And I wonder if they made a good mesh net or were oppressive.

ADDED: I forgot my belief system. "I am a Catholic who is not immune to crisis of doubt.

No extremes. I think that modern teachers must have to wear skirts.

Well - they had to keep an eye on these marma old skool!

Really - they will probably kill your children as soon as you turn your back, because what happens when you read other books than the Bible .... <smirk>

Women librarians and teachers have always been on a leash - and in some respects, they are still ... He comes.