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What has happened to the teaching profession in the last hundred years?
What has happened to the teaching profession in the last hundred years?
- It has become a small and highly skilled profession.
- It has become less significant in the modern world.
- It has remained the same as it was in antiquity.
- It has transformed into a large and important branch of the public service. (correct)
What was the expectation from a teacher in former days?
What was the expectation from a teacher in former days?
- To challenge the beliefs of the society.
- To be a man of exceptional knowledge or wisdom. (correct)
- To conform to the doctrines of the organized profession.
- To instill personal beliefs and prejudices.
What is the modern teacher's function according to the text?
What is the modern teacher's function according to the text?
- To teach personal opinions and thoughts.
- To challenge the traditional beliefs and prejudices.
- To promote subversive doctrines.
- To instill beliefs and prejudices thought useful by employers. (correct)
What was the status of teachers in antiquity?
What was the status of teachers in antiquity?
What happened to teachers who taught subversive doctrines in antiquity?
What happened to teachers who taught subversive doctrines in antiquity?
Teaching has become a larger and more important branch of the public service in the last hundred years
Teaching has become a larger and more important branch of the public service in the last hundred years
In antiquity, teachers were not an organized profession and had no control over what they taught
In antiquity, teachers were not an organized profession and had no control over what they taught
Modern teachers are expected to teach what they think, not what is thought useful by their employers
Modern teachers are expected to teach what they think, not what is thought useful by their employers
In former days, teachers were expected to be men of exceptional knowledge or wisdom
In former days, teachers were expected to be men of exceptional knowledge or wisdom
Socrates was punished for his subversive doctrines and was put to death
Socrates was punished for his subversive doctrines and was put to death
