. Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana . o the sal-aries in other professions. The second reason is the inhospitality in certain communities to a teach-er as reflected in the school facilities provided inwhich to work and in the lack of accommodationsboth for the teacher and for the pupils. Manyteachers in some rural schools have foundit necessary, besides teaching during the regularhours, to chop and haul in wood for the schoolstove, to haul water to be used and to put up withmany inconviences which the average personwould not do. Schools which h
. Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana . o the sal-aries in other professions. The second reason is the inhospitality in certain communities to a teach-er as reflected in the school facilities provided inwhich to work and in the lack of accommodationsboth for the teacher and for the pupils. Manyteachers in some rural schools have foundit necessary, besides teaching during the regularhours, to chop and haul in wood for the schoolstove, to haul water to be used and to put up withmany inconviences which the average personwould not do. Schools which have gone aheadand provided proper living quarters for teachers,proper classroom facilities and materials for instruction as well as adequate heating, lighting,ventilation, etc., do not find it so difficult to secure qualified teachers. Many rural communities com-posed of several families have only themselves to blame for their inability to secure qualifiedteachers. This is because some small communities divide into factions and make life for each otherand for the teacher Campus Laboratory School— —16— On the other hand, a teacher leaves himself wide open for criticism in many communities if hefails to realize that he is hired by the people to educate the children of the community, and re-fuses to accept the standards of the persons whom he serves. Teachers must never forget that theschools are operated for the chil-dren and not for the benefit of the ,9|j^^ft& ** ... Due to the great increase in birthrates and the migration of manyfamilies to larger centers, somecity schools have had a problemin the teacher-pupil load. Thepupil-teacher ratio for one-roomschools is slightly under 10 whilethat for the two-room schools isslightly under 20. The load fortown and city elementary schoolsis 26 plus. This is not high as anaverage, but when we considerthat the influx of pupils into thelower grades in some of our cityand town schools is so rapid thatconstruction
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