John Surratt Jr. as a teacher

[LincolnMan]

Did you know John Surratt Jr. tried his hand in teaching?
The Spring 2012 Lincoln Herald features an article titled: The Conspirator Who Was Not There by Alfred Isacsson who writes this about it:

"Between 1870 and 1872, John Surratt left his Rockville post and secured an appointment teaching at Saint Joseph's School, Emmitsburg, MD. He was a poor teacher; he rattled his classes and resorted to physical punishment to maintain discipline. On older boys, he used his fists, while he 2would paddle the younger ones after he stretched them over a special punishment desk he had designed. "The Old Bear," as the boys nicknamed him, swore at them in French when they overstepped the limits of his discipline."

Wow, glad he wasn't one of my teachers. On second thought, maybe that's what I really needed!