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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 79
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
Naturally, most of our people who received some little education became teachers or preachers. While among those two classes there were many capable, earnest, godly men and women, still a large proportion took up teaching or preaching as an easy way to make a living. Many became teachers who could do little more than write their names. I remember there came into our neighbourhood one of this class, who was in search of a school to teach, and the question arose while he was there as to the shape of the earth and how he could teach the children concerning the subject. He explained his position in the matter by saying that he was prepared to teach that the earth was either flat or round, according to the preference of a majority of his patrons.
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定位：Excerpt 79 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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黑人获得自由后，略识几个字的人大多去当老师或牧师。这两类人里确实有不少能干、认真、敬虔的人，但很大一部分只是把教书或讲道当成容易谋生的路子。很多人除了写自己的名字几乎不会别的，也当了老师。华盛顿记得有个人来附近找学校教，有人问他地球是什么形状、他打算怎么教孩子，他回答说：多数家长喜欢哪种说法，他就教地球是平的还是圆的。这说明当时师资质量参差不齐，教育成了糊口工具；要改变，就得设立标准、认真培训，而不是谁识字谁上岗。
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华盛顿在自传中回忆解放初期黑人教育刚起步、师资严重不足的状况。
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你所在的行业里，有没有人把“容易谋生”当成入行理由，而缺少起码的专业标准？
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