Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Y, - - .-n- - 1-1 f ,- 2.., IN BEWILDERMENT 'Tis strange, How someone can feel so confused, Looking into the blue, And thoroughly hyphotised By the silent siloquet of the seagulls. Here lsit, Thinking ot what has happened, And whotwill, Trying to distinguish true lite trom fancy, Wanting only the best for myself, lA greedy instinct I supposel And, at the some time, Wanting the base things, Because they are what give me pleasure. Here lwalk, ln the moonlite cavern of darkness, Still pondering of past and future, The prattling pines cannot tell me what to do. So, here Iwrite, Helpless, but free. GAIL D. CHOPP, Form I2 Page 35

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IF IWERE TO CRY . .. It I were to cry for each wrong In my world l'd cry tor a very long time. His wooden plough scratches the ground A drop of sweat crowns each mound But he harvests no fruit. My child you are hungry, this l know But the cow must live, it is written so. Because the law forbids this wrong The chains and the whips are gone But he's got no relief For the black still must plea For universal equality. lt I were to cry for each wrong ln my world l'd cry tor a very longtime. URSULA SALIBASIC, Form 33 ln a return to days lost We are made to wonder l-low the child's mind knows And why it is they who teach us. MARGARET THOMPSON, Form 37 Page 34

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sEcoNo Pnize LITERARY coNrEsr WHAT IS A TEACHER? Between the innocence of infancy and the dignity of maturity, our children fall under the influence ofa group of people called teachers . Teachers come in assorted sizes, weights, and colours. They have various interests, hobbies, religions and beliefs, but they all share one creedzthat is to help each child reach the highest possible degree of personal development. A teacher is a composite. She must have the energy of a harnessed volcano, the efficiency of an adding machine, the memory of an elephant, the understanding of a psychiatrist, the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of a turtle trying to cross the freeway in rush hour traffic, the decisiveness of a general and the diplomacy of an ambassador. She must remember always that she teaches by word, but mostly by percept and example. A teacher may possess beauty, grace, or skill but most certainly she must possess a deep understanding and respect for each student individually as well as combined. She must cope with stubborness of a mule, the mysterious mind ofa woman, the spryness of a grasshopper, the curiosity ofa cat. She must also understand the boy who is at times inconsiderate, bothersome, an intruding bundle of noise, butat others had the energy of an atomic bomb, the imagination of Paul Bunyan, and the shyness ofa violet. ' lndeed, a teacher must bear with these distractions and remain cheerful, butat the some time firm in her resolution of making the younger generation into polite ladies and gentlemen. She must also manage during her five hours each day to teach manners and morals to youngsters, whose parents despair of their task during their nineteen hours. A teacher is Truth with chalk dust in her hair, beauty with an aching back, wisdom searching for bubble gum and the hope of the future with papers to grade. A teacher must possess many abilities. She must not mind explaining, for the tenth time, the simplicity of a mathematics problem, then explain it again to the boys who weren't listening. She must be able to iudge between encouraging and pushing a student. She must sense what decisions to make and which must be made by the student. Page 36