Teacher, more even than most other most professions, has been transformed during the
last hundred years from a small, highly skilled profession concerned with a minority of the
population, to a large and important branch of the public service. The profession has a
great and honorable tradition, extending from the dawn of history until recent times, but
any teacher in the modern world who allows himself to be the ideals of his predecessors is
likely to be made sharply aware that it is not his function to teach what he thinks, but to
instill such beliefs and prejudices as are thought useful by his employers. In former days a
teacher was expected to be a man of exceptional knowledge or wisdom, to whose words
men would do well to attend. In antiquity, teachers were not an organized profession, and
no control was exercised over what they taught. It is true that they were often punished
afterwards for their subversive doctrines, Socrates was put to death and Plato is said to have
been thrown into prison, but such incidents did not interfere with the spread of doctrines.
a- What change has occurred in the profession of teaching during the last hundred years ?
b- What were the teachers supposed to be in olden days ?
c- Why were Socrates and Plato punished ?
d- What is the function of a teacher now-a-days ?
e- Can a modern teacher teach according to his likes ?
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Answer:
Answers to the above questions are as follows:-
Explanation:
a. During the last hundred years, teachers transformed from a small, highly skilled profession concerned with a minority of the population, to a large and important branch of the public service.
b. In the olden days, teachers were not an organized profession, and no control was exercised over what they taught.
c. Socrates and Plato were punished due to subversive doctrines.
d. Nowadays, the teacher in the modern world who allows himself to be the ideals of his predecessors is likely to be made sharply aware that it is not his function to teach what he thinks, but to instill such beliefs and prejudices as are thought useful by his employers.
e. No, a modern teacher cannot teach according to his likes, if he does strict action will be taken against the teacher.
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profession of teaching is highly skilled