Explain how each of the influences alluded to in this chapter helps
the teacher.
6. Why does the character of the books one reads most serve as an index
of one's own character?
7. What do you think of a person who prefers new books?
8. What do you think of one who prefers sensational books?
9. Why is it especially important for a teacher to be thoroughly
acquainted with the great characters of history?
10. Does acquaintance with the great in history tend to produce merely a
good static character, or does it do more?
CHAPTER XXV
A TYPICAL VITALIZED SCHOOL
=The school an expression of the teacher.=--The vitalized school may be
a school of one room or of forty rooms; it may be in the city, in the
village, in the hamlet, or in the heart of the country; it may be a
kindergarten, a grade school, a high school, or a college. The size or
the location of the school does not determine its vital quality. This,
on the contrary, is determined by the character of its work and the
spirit that obtains. In general it may be said that the vitalized
teacher renders the school vital. This places upon her a large measure
of responsibility, but she accepts it with equanimity, and rejoices in
the opportunity to test out her powers. It needs to be oft repeated that
if the teacher is static, the school will be static; but if the teacher
is dynamic, the school will be dynamic.
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