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schoolteaching

American  
[skool-tee-ching] / ˈskulˌti tʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. the profession of a schoolteacher.


Etymology

Origin of schoolteaching

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; school 1 + teaching


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In strict biographical terms, he was the son of a stationmaster-cum-Methodist lay reader from North Yorkshire who, heading south to pursue a career in schoolteaching, ended up as the headmaster of a primary school in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016

Note, please, how he insults Molesley on the eve of the footman’s new schoolteaching career: “There are plenty of little boys who want to be famous cricketers. It’s not enough to make them champions.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016

When he ran out of money, Kirchanski turned to schoolteaching, was disappointed at slow progress in "airy, friendly" classrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

It will stress math, science, business and schoolteaching.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Tansy kept coming up with new ideas never heard of in schoolteaching.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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