A RASPBERRY FOR THE TEACHER
SIR,—Can somebody explain to Miss Katharine Whitehorn that one cannot do evil that good may come? Teachers must stand by their principles. They are seeking an honest response from their pupils, and it behoves them (can 1 use the old-fashioned word?), as far as possible, to restrict themselves to methods which they feel can be honestly justified. How can they justify a 'strike' for more pay?
It seems a tragedy that Miss Whitehorn should plead for these deplorable methods to be adopted by a profession that has so far managed to avoid them.
Energetic steps must and are being taken to make clear the acute shortage of teachers, but by methods other than by force. They may be slower, but in the long run are they not more sound?—Yours faithfully,
GEORGINA BAKER
Headmistress Calder High School for Girls, Harthill Road,
Calderstones
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