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children and an eagerness to work. for them which makes her more competent than some actual mother of children who is ill prepared for her responsibility or else lacks the inclination and strength to make the most of it.
50 LIFE IN THE MAKING
What are the qualities to be sought in an ideal mother or teacher? What would you seek first? Physical beauty? That may help, but it must take a secondary place. Children love beauty, but they do not measure it as "grown-ups" do. The smile in which love and understanding shine forth will always captivate them.
The successful teacher is one who knows the child's life and can enter into every one of his interests. There is no room for self-conceit or impatience. At the most serious moment some child may exclaim, "I've got a new pair of shoes!" That is a serious interest for him, and the good teacher will recognize it as such, express her joy with him, and lead him back to the thought of the lesson. No general ever more needed to be prepared for surprises than does a teacher of Beginners.
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