Why is it said to be the most conservative girls' school? Except for the system established by the school and the traditional definition of women in society, you can't see the word "conservative" among those female students. Catherine's first class was taken down by these well-prepared students. She didn't even have time to say more, she was speechless in the students' self-questioning and self-answering, and in less than ten minutes, she ended with the students' words "If there is nothing else to teach, we will go to self-study" . No one cared that they messed up the new teacher, and the students came out triumphantly, and no one thought it was too much.
However, these students obviously underestimated the ability of the new art teacher. After reviewing the students' files, Katherine, who was well prepared, gave the self-righteous female students a dismay in the second class. This time, it was their turn to be tongue-tied. Although there are still many students who disapprove of her, some students started to say "I think she is great"!
What did female students study for at that time? The female student named Joan helped her boyfriend who was studying at Harvard with her homework. No one questioned their excellence, but what awaited them was to get married, have children, and take care of the family after graduation. A married female student wrote that the art teacher, determined to declare war on sacred marriage, used subversive and political sermons to encourage Wesley girls to give up their natural roles - --housewife. As the steward of the school said, a hundred years ago, it was simply unthinkable for girls to graduate from college. So, to be able to do this now is already a great progress.
Check out Katherine's harsh questioning of the female students in that class:
'How will scholars of the future look at us when they study us? Portraits of women today? Striking resemblance to Wesley graduates, excellent grades and doing what they've learned. Do you quote Joseph's lines when ironing your husband's shirt? The knowledge learned in physics class is enough to help you calculate the volume and weight of meat...' This sentence is extremely ironic. Half of the students in the class are married, and the rest are not far from marriage. She said that she thought she was cultivating future talents, but she did not expect to teach only some housewives.
Catherine wants to change the minds of these schoolgirls, and wants them to have a family while not giving up their careers, so that both can go on at the same time.
Married Joan, when faced with her husband's infidelity, her mother kept her silent, Joan pointed out Looking at the painting of Mona Lisa and saying, Mom, look, "Mona Lisa's smile", you see her smiling, but is she really happy? Mother said, you have to let others see you smiling. Joan insisted, "Look, she has been laughing, but is she really happy in her heart? She looks happy, but many things are often not what we see on the surface."
In the end, she finally stopped pretending that she had a happy marriage and decided to divorce.
Catherine's way of educating her students ultimately violated the school's system and contradicted the school's traditions. Although the next semester will have the largest number of students in history taking her class, the school still cannot tolerate such a teacher. But her hard work paid off after all. All her students fell in love with this maverick teacher who was not bound by marriage. Learned to look at my life from the perspective she taught art.
In fact, many times we don't know what we want. For modern women, we don't have to compare with the women of the past. But it cannot be denied that being a wife, being a mother, and even supporting her husband's career in the back is still a difficult problem for modern women to face. How to choose, how to decide this crossroads in life is something that women have to think about.
Oh, it's a bit strange to say this, after all, I haven't reached the time of being a wife and a mother. Just think about what you want.
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