Read the following excerpt from “Our Schools are a Scandal” by Kyle Crichton: But other teachers were not so reluctant. The clatter of feet scrambling out the front door was very noticeable. Teaching was the profession best represented in the Wacs and Waves, Spars and Marines. Other teachers escaped to factories and may not return, but there is small likelihood that they will be overjoyed by the prospect.

What does the word scrambling imply?

Teachers rush out of the school building each day.

Teachers are eager to leave the profession.

Teachers do not know where to go once they leave the building.

Teachers have trouble walking.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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