People have discussed a lot about what qualities a good teacher should have. The first quality I want (including many other qualities) is that he will never be a person who can be betrayed. Some occupations are so noble that if a person engages in these occupations for money, he can't help but say that he is not worthy of them: this is a job for soldiers; This is what teachers should do. So, who will educate my children? I already told you, this is for yourself. I can't teach. You can't teach! ..... and find a friend. I don't see any other way.

The first quality of teachers is loyalty to their duties. You can't be righteous before you benefit.

A teacher! Ah, what a noble man! ..... In fact, in order to make a person, he should be a father or a more educated person. You believe that a person who works for money has such a responsibility.

This is to deny the possibility that a mercenary is a teacher.

The more we think about this problem, the more we find some new difficulties. Teachers must be educated before they can educate students, servants must be educated before they can serve their masters, and all people who approach students must first get the impression that they should make him understand; You must have received one education after another, and no one knows where you have been. Give a child to a person who has no education, how to train him well?

Teachers must receive corresponding education when they have the second quality. Received a good education.

Can such a rare person be found? I don't know. In this degenerate era, who knows how noble a person's soul can be? However, we assume that we have found such an outstanding person. Then, first of all, we should consider what he should do in order to hope what kind of person he is. I believe I can predict in advance that when a father realizes the full value of a good teacher, he will resolutely decide not to use any teacher; Because, in order to find such a teacher, he will spend much more effort than being a teacher himself. So he is willing to be friends, and he is also willing to train his son to be friends; In this way, you can save the need to find a teacher elsewhere. In addition, nature has completed half the work of education.

The first teacher of mankind is a father, Rousseau thinks so, but I think it should be a mother. Because humans need breastfeeding. Father's education needs to be after weaning.

There is one person, I only know that he is very important. He once asked me to teach his son. This is of course a great honor for me; However, he should not only blame me for refusing his request, but also thank me for my caution. If I accept his request, if I go the wrong way in the method I adopt, then even if I teach, I will fail; However, if I succeed, the result may be worse. His son may give up his title and never want to be a duke again.

Rousseau exemplified the reason why he refused the duke's teacher invitation.

I deeply understand that the responsibility of a teacher is very important, and at the same time I feel that my ability is too insufficient, so no matter who makes me take this position, I will never accept it; As for my friend's recommendation, it is a new reason for my refusal. I believe that after reading my book, few people make such a request to me; I ask those who want to ask me to be a teacher not to waste any more energy. I have made enough attempts in this profession before to prove that I am not suitable for this job; Even if my talent enables me to accept this position, my situation does not allow it. Some people don't seem to pay much attention to my words, so they don't believe that my decision is sincere and well-founded. I think I should explain this to them publicly.

Rousseau doesn't seem to want to be a teacher for anyone. He wants to be a teacher for all mankind.