Letters: May 13, 1966

Ticking Off Teacher

Sir: "To Profess with a Passion" [May 6] dissects the heart of the matter. I was beginning to think that no one but students realized the disappointment, boredom and frustration caused by the disinterested and incompetent teachers we are faced with daily. These teachers rarely see our tests, do not prepare a lecture in advance, refuse to be bothered answering a student's question (and too often cannot answer it anyway), and have no interest in whether or not the students are actually learning. As a result, the saving and sacrificing to...

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