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The new book I cracked yesterday, blew me away.I had turned to Chapter 11, "Packing on the Pic",and this was the first line: Teaching in Ontario sec-ondary schools in the 1940s was about as lucrativeas supervising garbage collection . . .

I began teaching in Ontario elementary schools inthe late 1950s, and I resembled that line. The au-thor is the late Selwyn Dewdney, and over the nextfew posts, you'll be hearing more about him. If thename doesn't strike a chord with you, it should ̶if you care at all about the history of Northern On-tario.

But more on Selwyn later.

Here's the first paragraph from his Chapter 11:Teaching in Ontario secondary schools in the1940s was about as lucrative as supervisinggarbage collection or working as a plumber's as-sistant. As well, prewar salaries were paid by theworking month so that summer holidays alwayscreated a financial chasm that somehow had tobe bridged. Every June, as I now remember theprocess, I'd go to the bank and crawl into the man-ager's office on my hands and knees. "Please helpme keep a roof over my starving wife and children."After an eternity of grave consideration, he wouldlet a few dollars slip through his fingers. Nowadays

the bank managers are the ones on their hands andknees. "How much would you like? Five thousand?Ten thousand?

For the first twenty years of my teaching career, atsome point every June, I called on my banker to tideme over the summer. Olga and I were raising twochildren, and we had no money coming in for Julyand August. And unless the school board advancedus some salary at the beginning of September, wedidn't see a pay cheque till the end of the month.

How does this book, let alone this paragraph, relateto my writing?

Well, as it happens, a chapter in one of my books,The Annals of Goshen, deals with this issue. Here isan excerpt from Chapter 8, "Volunteerism":

I landed my first job with the highest-paying schoolboard in Canada, $3,100 per annum before taxes.That worked out to $258.3333 per month beforetaxes.

That first year I had a wife and child and another onthe way, so only $265.4444 per month went for gro-ceries and nappies. That left (how much? That can’tbe right.) left over for luxuries such as rent, andclothes, and aspirin. Lots of aspirin.

It was a struggle to make ends meet. In fact, I cantruthfully state that the ends were rarely within com-muting distance of each other.

So you can appreciate how Selwyn's words strucka chord with me...

Originally posted 26 July 2014E.J. Lavoie's Blog > http://bit.ly/2I1x4Xg

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