Here a synopsis, or treatment, of the book Teacher in America by Jaques Barzun, 1945. It is still a topic of interest, one that applies to places in the Western world other than America.

1. Profession: Teacher
2. Pupils into Students
3. Two Minds, One Thought
4. How to write and Be Read
5. How to Read and Be Right
6. Let x Equal
7. The Ivory Lab
8. Clio: A Muse
9. What Once Were Frills
10. Tongues and Areas
11. The Classics off the Shelf
12. Columbia College, Columbia University
13. Deans within Deans
14. The Ph.D. Octopus
15. Your I.Q. or Your Life
16. The Human Boy
17. The Subjection of Women
18. Adults, Workers, and Marriageable Girls
19. Our Nation of Highbrows
20. The Little Money
21. To a Young Man Who—