" MEALS AND MISCHIEF "
Snt,—May I, a member of the teaching profession, say how much I welcomed Mr. Garrett's article in last week's issue of The Spectator. After the prominence given in the Press to the unseemly uproar at Douglas, it is time that someone pointed out that the views of the National Union of Teachers, vociferous though that body is, are not shared by the entire profession. As Mr. Garrett suggests, the pro- fession is not held in particularly high esteem by the general public, and when, at a time of national crisis, some of its members complain about the loss of a little free time, it seems likely that it will be even
less favourably regarded. I am not suggesting that our actions should be determined solely by their probable effect on public opinion, which itself often needs educating, but I am suggesting that they should be such as will enable the profession to enjoy a status proportioned to its
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