us certainty, peace, Conflict, strain, uncertainty.
quiet.

33. Religious experience expanding. Spiritual life static or losing
force.

34. God a near, inspiring reality. God distant, unreal, hard of
approach.

35. Power to win others to religion. Influence little or negative.

36. Interest in Bible and religion. Little concern for religion and
Bible.

37. Religion makes life fuller and Religion felt as a limitation.
richer.

38. Deeply believe great Lacking in foundations for faith.
fundamentals.

39. Increasing triumph over sin. Too frequent falling before
temptation.

40. Religious future hopeful. Religious growth uncertain.

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QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS--CHAPTER IV

1. Think of the teachers who stand out most clearly in your memory. Why
do they so stand out?

2. Name the qualities that made the Savior the _Great Teacher_.

3. If you had to choose between a fairly capable but humble teacher, and
a very capable but conceited one, which one would be your choice? Why?

4. What is your argument against the idea, "Teachers are born, not
made"?

5. Discuss the relative significance of the qualities quoted from Betts.

HELPFUL REFERENCES

O'Shea, _Every-day Problems in Teaching_; Betts, _How to Teach
Religion_; Brumbaugh, _The Making of a Teacher_; Palmer, _The Ideal
Teacher_; Slattery, _Living Teachers_; Weigle, _Talks to Sunday School
Teachers_.

CHAPTER V

PERSONALITY

OUTLINE--CHAPTER V

The six major qualities:--a. Sympathy.--b. Sincerity.--c.
Optimism.--d. Scholarly attitude.--e. Vitality.--f. Spirituality.

To set about to cultivate separate qualities would be rather a
discouraging undertaking. As a matter of fact, many of the
characteristics named really overlap, while others are secondary in
importance. For practical purposes let us enlarge upon five or six
qualities which everyone will agree are fundamental to teaching success.

The class in Teacher Training, at the Brigham Young University, in the
summer of 1920, named these six as the most fundamental:

1. Sympathy.
2. Sincerity.
3. Optimism.
4. Scholarly attitude.
5. Vitality.
6. Spirituality.

No attempt was made to set them down in the o