Show W jf author h r of HOW to 10 WIN FRIEND and nd 1 D do 0 you ou realize that if we had the gift of true understanding I 1 we would never criticize anyone I 1 can you not recall someone I 1 of whom you once were critical and later when you understand der stand all conditions your point of view toward ahli him changed pd completely most of us had such an experience the most learned men are the most tolerant nt the best educated people are re the t e kindest in their judgment the trouble with most peo people ae is that they judge and off often condemn on very little knowledge of the facts the average person judges others by bis his own limitations perhaps teach erg ers err the most frequently since their lob job li is to instruct and criticize I 1 mean teachers with ith book learning and little knowledge knowledge of human nature I 1 recall a latin teacher of my y you youth w who 0 made me thor hughly dislike both her and the stud study of f latin atin how by reading my y errors in latin grammer er before fore the e entire class emphasizing pha ha sizing my mistakes my stupidity this teacher was employed d by the state of missouri my taxes helped to pay her salary her job was to help me yet all she ever did was to hurt me she killed in me the desire to learn a foreign language and I 1 am ashamed to confess that I 1 lived many years in foreign countries resentment toward learning the language of the he country in which I 1 resided ridicule of children is well n nigh N h criminal said dr alfred adler A ler ridicule retains its effect upon the soul of a child and is transferred into the habits and actions of his adulthood the young daughter of a friend of mine has just completed her first novel whether or not it is a good novel I 1 am not prepared to say I 1 have not read it the I 1 I 1 reason I 1 am mentioning it to you is that this girl at the ae of 18 13 w was as chided dy oy her teacher in a large private school in new york city the school is now defunct which does not surprise me the french teacher called the girl stupid before the entire class because her work was not as well prepared as that ol 01 her classmates that girl says that for years she looked upon her self as stupid and when later she tackled any foreign language she was ready at the first difficulty to tell herself herse if it was no use she she was stupid about languages but note this three girls in that class who were honor students in high school and graduated from college are now teaching dancing ingi while the girl branded as stupid has just completed her first book and la 13 aiming at more I 1 hope the french teacher knows these facts let me make myself clear I 1 dont decry teaching the beautiful and delightful art of dancing but am c comparing aring maaring the work of those girls with mp th what that french teacher they were aiming at mental achievement men |