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Why She Taught German

Never choose a vocation just because your _friends_ are in it, nor
refuse another just because your worst enemy is in it.

Two friends come to mind in this connection. One is a splendid woman we
knew at college. She became a German teacher and up to the outbreak of
the War had an instructorship in a western state university. The
elimination of German lost her the position.

"Why did you ever choose German, anyhow, Ruth?" we asked her. "Your
abilities lie in such a different direction."

"Because my favorite teacher in high school taught German," she replied.


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