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A. C. Benson

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

A. C. Benson

Teacher

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The author believes that teachers should help boys understand the importance of forming their own unique views and feelings rather than simply adopting those of others. He personally experienced pain in his youth because no one guided him to value his individual opinions and emotions.

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