ABSTRACT
This chapter considers what personal characteristics and qualities are induced by the circumstances of teaching. The social situation surrounding the practice of any occupation is set to inflict upon the individual whose occupational behaviour is eccentric certain shocks, or trauma. Even the teacher's dress is affected by his occupational attitudes; the rule is that the teacher must be conservative, if not prim, in manner, speech, and dress. Training an individual for the practice of a profession often consists in teaching him what he is expected to do or say upon certain occasions, as when the minister offers the consolations of religion to a bereaved family, a teacher assigns a lesson, a doctor enters a sick room, or a lawyer threatens suit. The teacher enjoys the most pleasant associations in his work; he lives surrounded by the respect of the community and the homage of his students.
