Show TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA moral suasion a powerful r actor bat there are arc blines when it falls you yon aro are it primary ton teacher cher do you re realize akizo alizo what you yon must put into your you r work if you wish to sit succeed cocoa you yon must be teacher mother and burso to your little charges you yon must work with them luring during hours honra and for them after school you must to be roady ready to catch an idea anywhere and adapt it to the needs of a particular pupil who may be dull indifferent or dis heartened or even all three poor little cliant you yon must bo be untiring iu in your vigilance over their morals and set them always a good example in manners by being courteous even it if they break your umbrella ambrella or spill ink all over your best gown if you are a boys teacher you must bo be ready tit nt any moment to dress a out cut pick out a splinter splint or arbitrate in a fight or give a decision on the acri 1 kacens racers or tho ownership of mur bics 1 nan hooks and malodorous bottles of bait if I 1 you cant moot those emergencies the average small boy will hold you yon in contempt if you want to win his love you must know so something mohing about the construction st Bt of kites bo be interested in tho one oneri riest cst lookin dog that ever invaded a schoolroom and not be too finicky about when lio ho washed his hands last it if is a pupil should off offer eryou you candy if you can do all these things and laugh about thorn them afterward orward aft you will probably stand high in favor dut but thero there is ia a more serious consideration you must als also have his respect and this is not always so BO easily or pleasantly won groat great stress has haa been laid upon the efficacy of moral suasion but there aro are timos times when human purver perversity sity rises to such a pitch that the roost most persuasive tongue is power powerless loss to enforce obed ienco to your will you may bo be obliged to pick up a shrieking fighting scrap of humanity and put him back repeatedly you wish him to stay till worn out from froin tho struggle ho he succumbs suc cumba and likes you all tho the bettor batter for having con him theres nothing mean about tho small boy ilaryi mary B in Dona hoos boos magazine |