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Scientist And Teacher: After a few days the teacher noted that Eleanor was fairly comfortable in school and was happy to talk about the games she was playing. The teacher noted: 'Eleanor enthusiastically told me the names she had given to all the plastic play people/
After about a week Eleanor began to greet the teacher when they met in the morning and she usually had some news to report. The teacher felt that this was a good sign that Eleanor was settling in well.
It is also in the nature of scientific research that its needs and its opportunities can be better understood by a scientist and teacher himself than by an administrator. The scientist and teacher alone bears witness to the beckoning challenge: the administrator alone is accountable for the dispersal of funds. During the 1950s and early 1960s this division of responsibility created no real problems. It seemed that the public was not only ready to bet handsomely on research and development but was willing to bet on almost every horse in the race.
Should a child love his teacher? Yes, if "love" is taken to mean a warm, constructive relation in which the child is truly valued and helped to develop his best potentialities. No, if it means a relationship that is intense and meets the emotional needs of the teacher at the expense of the child. A teacher's strong personal affection for one child may lead to favoritism, which children keenly resent. Or it may make the child oversensitive to the teacher's opinion. |
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