Comments on: Frontier Teachers: A Book in One Hand and a Gun in the Other http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/ Romancing The West Sat, 25 May 2013 13:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Quilt Lady http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/#comment-67186 Quilt Lady Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:07:45 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34798#comment-67186 This just shows me how amazing women can be. What would the world be without us. This just shows me how amazing women can be. What would the world be without us.

]]> By: Margaret Brownley http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/#comment-67167 Margaret Brownley Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:51:52 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34798#comment-67167 Hi Catslady, you're right about that. The frontier opened up all sorts of possibilities for women. Aren't we lucky that today the sky is the limit to what a woman can do? Challenges still exist, of course, but at least we don't have to fight off Indians. Have a great weekend. Hi Catslady, you’re right about that. The frontier opened up all sorts of possibilities for women. Aren’t we lucky that today the sky is the limit to what a woman can do? Challenges still exist, of course, but at least we don’t have to fight off Indians.

Have a great weekend.

]]> By: Margaret Brownley http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/#comment-67166 Margaret Brownley Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:46:39 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34798#comment-67166 Hi Linda, thank you for stopping by. Don't you think teaching would be a lot easier if teachers were left alone to teach and not have to follow federal guidelines and adminster so many tests? Sure seems like it to me. Hugs Hi Linda, thank you for stopping by. Don’t you think teaching would be a lot easier if teachers were left alone to teach and not have to follow federal guidelines and adminster so many tests? Sure seems like it to me.

Hugs

]]> By: catslady http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/#comment-67163 catslady Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:36:35 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34798#comment-67163 I think it gave women of strength and character a chance to strike out on their own. Not everyone is made out to be only a homemaker and back then it was mostly an either or proposition. Great post. I think it gave women of strength and character a chance to strike out on their own. Not everyone is made out to be only a homemaker and back then it was mostly an either or proposition. Great post.

]]> By: Linda Broday http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/28/frontier-teachers-a-book-in-one-hand-and-a-gun-in-the-other/#comment-67159 Linda Broday Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:43:33 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34798#comment-67159 I can't imagine the hardships those frontier teachers faced. Good grief. Teaching school with frozen feet, having to scratch out lessons on a dirt floor, and resorting to reading tombstones when books weren't available is what I call going above and beyond. Those teachers deserved medals. I think the teaching profession as always been difficult and it's equally so today. Teachers today get zero help from most parents and they face unmannerly and disruptive kids. Sure they have computers and blackboards and books but it's still not easy. Thank you for such an interesting blog. I can’t imagine the hardships those frontier teachers faced. Good grief. Teaching school with frozen feet, having to scratch out lessons on a dirt floor, and resorting to reading tombstones when books weren’t available is what I call going above and beyond. Those teachers deserved medals. I think the teaching profession as always been difficult and it’s equally so today. Teachers today get zero help from most parents and they face unmannerly and disruptive kids. Sure they have computers and blackboards and books but it’s still not easy. Thank you for such an interesting blog.

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