Excerpt from Suggestions to Teachers
Idiosyncrasy is defined as a peculiarity of physical or of mental constitution or temperament common to certain individuals. When these peculiarities become very distinct the individual is said to be eccentric. I presume all persons have peculiarities, more or less, that are common only to themselves; it is this in the individual that distinguishes him from other individuals. It is the sum of these peculiarities that gives character to one"s life. "This is my way of doing things" is often offered as an apology for one"s eccentricities.
I know of no vocation in which these eccentricities are more pronounced than in the teaching profession. Whatever weaknesses to which human nature is heir show themselves in unmistakable forms in this profession.
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