On 22 Oct 2002, sylvestm wrote: > The following is from the oldest wooden schoolhouse in St.Augustine,Fla > > 1.Teachers each day will fill lamps,clean chimeys. > 2.Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the > day's session. > 3.Make your pens carefully.You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of > the pupils. > 4.Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes,or two > evenings a week if they go to church regularly. > 5.After ten hours in school.the teachers may spend the remaining time > reading the Bible or other good books. > 6.Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed. > 7.Every teacher should lay aside from each day a goodly sum of his earnings > for his benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a > burden on society. > 8. Any teacher who smokes,uses liquor in any form,frequents pools or public > halls,or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his > worth.intention,integrity and honesty. > 9.The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five > years will be given an increase of twenty-five cents per week in his pay, > providing the Board of Education approves.
I've seen similar stuff elsewhere. It has just the right mix of plausibility and outrageousness to make me think "urban (or rural) myth". I suggest caution. Does anyone have a more satisfactory reference than "Oldest wooden schoolhouse in St.Augustine,Fla"? Actually, even if it was posted on the wall there, I still wouldn't believe it. Curators at such folk museums are eager to be fooled. It impresses the tourists. Stephen ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
