Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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THE ROUGH WRITERS HOW TO TEACH How to Teach— now, there is an intriguing title. Seeing such a title, you ore undoubtedly reminded of those count- less How to classics in which some complex subject, from atomic physics to repairing the family automobile, is boiled down into ten easy lessons which any ten-year- old can follow. If any of you are anticipating such, you might just as well turn the page. No one can tell you how to teach— not in a million years. True, certain subjects are aimed at showing you how to teach efFectively, but none of them can show you how to teach. That, you must discover for yourself. In teaching, you are dealing with human nature- human nature in the making, human nature as exempli- fied by some thirty to fifty individuals; each looking to you, the teacher, for the recognition and the satisfaction of his or her own needs. What wonder, then, that no one con tell you how to teach. If you really want to learn how to teach— then, teach. Teach with the tenderness of a mother, the sternness of a father, and the innocence and vitality of a child, and you will learn how to teach— each and every time you enter the classroom. 29

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AND THIS IS A BASKETBALL THE TEACHERS OF ODYSSEUS Generally speaking, entrance into high school marks an important, and often awe-inspiring, turning point in the life of a youth. He has long since ceased to think of toys and games of tag and is now ready to learn to think in terms of his responsibilities to society and to himself. In the brief years allotted to him, he is expected to learn what these responsibilities are and what is needed to meet them. A monumental task— yes, but he, like Odys- seus, is not alone; his teachers are there to help him in whatever way they can. And while they are not Olym- pian gods, they can do much in lightening his task and leading him aright. This, then, is the task of the teacher, and what teacher wouldn ' t regard it as the most impor- tant task in the world. POUNDS OF BUTTER Now, a boy walked x miles, ran y mil es, and wore a red hat, and chewed gum— there- fore X how many pounds of butter? 30