Discrimination
The ability to discriminate carefully is one of the teacher’s most valuable qualities. The discriminating and analytic mind is most indispensable to good teaching. To see things in their proper light, to place a fair estimate upon anything or any situation, to give due credit where it belongs and reserve an opinion as long as doubt remains, are needful qualities of the discriminating mind. Such a mind is broad and liberal. The small details of life will not over influence such a mind. It is able to discern between the trivial, the common-place, and the useful and valuable in every action. Deliberation is a fundamental antecedent of discrimination. The hasty mind jumping at conclusions, before every detail has been examined and weighed, often plunges itself into confusion. The discriminating teacher is able to rid himself of the bondage of annoyances and petty grievances and rise above difficulties, thereby gaining that magnanimity of spirit that leads to achievement and success.