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Teachers
In the nineteenth century boys were traditionally only taught
by men and girls by unmarried women. Some of the most able
pupils became 'pupil teachers' in their school when they had
finished their own education. They either took examinations
or went to training college for a year. They had to get to
school at 7.00 am to have lessons themselves. They then spent
a day teaching a class of possibly forty children. Remember
that they were only about 16 or 17 years old themselves.
Getting enough staff has always been a problem. At Pleasant
Street School in 1865 they had difficulty in encouraging boys
to become pupil teachers when they could earn more as an office
boy.
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"The difficulty of getting boys as teachers is increasing,
and is general in all schools in the town. The subject
is one that demands the careful consideration of the Committee.
A boy who is worth anything as a teacher can get from
5/- to 10/- as an office boy with more liberty, there
are no such openings for girls. I would again submit to
the Committee wether it would be desirable to employ girls
to teach the yonger boys."
Right: Pleasant Street School
Log Book extract. Oct 16th 1865. |
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