Show DISTRICT G farmington AFTER SCHOOL THOUGHTS A little planning of ones time and a little having baving g it out with onefra self alone as to what is if intended or to he be accomplished during the coming coining sob school ool 3 year ear may prevent many mistakes when tile the confusion arasin arising g from actual pressure of work makes it difficult to select the best pathway ou on one hand area small cl assof teachers who give every waking lour hour and the dreams of sleeping D ones to school work anil and thought on oil tile hie other oilier lis hand lisaida tida h much larger clais alais make it it a boadt that hat th y leave the school at the veli school ciol house bouse nhen hen they shut the door and an early clos closing irig st at that where does tile the happy medium lie ilow how much time shall tile hie teacher allow bic for an outside me life of reading betre aaion and society how lunch intini time even in the lite interact inter ct of the it self ought to be ampol dialed by the teacher tp make ber elt elf popular in aliu com community hiis oily that thai she may lay liy hy this vo viry ry means build up oil a public ion oil tit in the L linol favor that shall ball be its trouble rouble shall come i men of affairs women of busy households tile professional class of tile hie town lown or city all unite unile as a wall of fortification the schools as co workers or erg ere in pleasant wc weather illi tf anil and to be a power of defence blieu alio come eliy ivirty are they not because they are not brought into the circle of mae school influence too absorb abe orl 1 ed and busy are they to seek their own way there they need to be attracted t r bec td to it by a drawing influence they tt k y cannot resist many teachers ailio are stogie single hearted lie arted to their own idea of making an ibeal school go to sod aud from their dally work in com alele darl dirr gard tit rf the fact that there is an all slot community to be educated lifted up and inspired as aa well as room full of children fh ildren to be trained let each cacti teacher thoughtfully deter determine mitie how much time and effort should be given to this part of her work before the thousand little d details C t ai 13 0 f schoolroom work crowd out all thought of everything ever tiling but the little world enclosed by the four walls As aa an opportune time for this thought and consideration in the way of vacation let us its make the most of the lite opportunities afforded us the teacher energies should be tit in process of ip invigoration new thoughts should conic come into the mind and new hopes into the heart in one sense the teacher should rest in in another filhe lie should be active the details and annoyances of school should lc be forgotten buried in slime some new dew project or plan for personal or professional uplift it if the past year holds holda much mach for us that is or discouraging if things have gone wrong let u us s extract the lessons they have for us leave them behind and turn our faces toward the coming year hopefully prayerfully courageously bearing tit in mind the words af pf a great teacher unless we are better teachers tomorrow than we are today ise e have utterly failed clara leonard |