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WOW! And we teachers today think we have it rough. Check
this out. Here is the main link and the details:

http://ottawa.migenweb.net/schools/teacherRules.html

Rules for Teachers, 1827

1) Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimneys
2) Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle
of coal for the day's session.
3) Make your pens carefully. You may whittle nibs to the in
dividual taste of the pupils.
4) Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting
purposes, or two evenings a week if they go to church regul
arly.
5) After ten hours in school, teachers may spend the remain
ing time reading the Bible or other good books.
6) Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct w
ill be dismissed.
7) Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly su
m of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years
so that he will not become a burden on society.
8) Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequen
ts pool and public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop wi
ll give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integri
ty, and honesty.
9) The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and withou
t fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty-f
ive cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Educat
ion approves.

Rules for Teacher, Early 1900's in the United States

1) To keep the school room neat and clean, you must:
a) Sweep the floor at least once daily
b) Scrub the floor at least once a week with hot, soapy wat
er
c) Clean the blackboards at least once a day
d) Start the fire at 7 AM so the room will be warm by 8 AM

2) You will not marry during the term of your contract.
3) You are not to keep company with men.
4) You must be home between the hours of 8 PM and 6AM unles
s attending a school function.
5) You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores
6) You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you hav
e the permission of the chairman of the board.
7) You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any ma
n unless he is your father or brother.
8) You may not smoke cigarettes.
9) You may not dress in bright colors.
10) You may under no circumstances dye your hair.
11) You must wear at least two petticoats.
12) Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches ab
ove the ankle.

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