| Show II THE THEn n LESSON Hany Pain I SON 1 iBy I T Teacher Teacher Pray Pray can c n I you tell m me I how bread read IB is trade v I o Nor Child No Nor do llo I j s an any necessity ne C for Cor tho the J f knowledge knowledge knowl will almost certainly bo bi I cd edge which useless to me 1210 in my subsequent ca co i reel reer I Teacher Teacher Teacher-Olt Oh hush huh You must sita say I your our lesson nicely out of the tho pretty I boo book Ie mamma mumma gave you ou Child Pardon Child Pardon me The little work wort to which you ou refer reter is simple though I proba probably lY Inaccurate And as I 1 have havo I Ia I Is always tho tiro book hool the time Information I at a at my mv disposal J. If It by b some iome unlikely I II it Thero I I chance c I should over ever require is no necessity for mo me to learn it b by bI heart hearL Let me mo put Jut you Just ono ques hues question ion tion Miss Witherspoon poon Did you yon Ou 1 was ma matt made c bread read yourself lf know how until an oversensitive o conscience matt made necessary sar t I I you fOU believe b that It was should learn about It It Teacher Teacher Teacher-Of Of course I did I know knew II from front flour that bread was mado I Child But Child But how slight and worthless worthless worthless worth worth- less is such knowledge e Do you know chemistry of of ot anything at nt all aU of tho rho fermentation a n. subject on who which this book barely touches Do you ou know knot anything of or the tho conditions under under under un un- der which bakers work orl In London Can you toll tell me what legal al guarantees guaranI guarantees guaran guaran- tees we c have ha to prevent pr adulteration and short weight Do you ou know I what time the trades trades' union rate for tor wages wage of bakers balcers Is When a baker bal er In advertising advertising ad ad- for tor n n. place says that hec he ho c can can n do a a. few smalls smalle do you OU know what hat ho means I Teacher Teacher Teacher-My My dear car child you are arc far too young to learn such things s sat at present You must begin at the thebe beginning be That Child That may be true truo if tr In this case it Is necessary for or me to begin at all nut But certainly if It I begin I must go on to the en end And n the same sumo person person per per- son who teaches me the beginning beginnIng- must know the end and bo be ablo able to teach that also Otherwise thero there is certain to bo be something In the tho early lessons which will be bC futile and with greater knowledge require correction I do not wish to malts make mal e n n. personal matter mattoI of ot this at all at but the time education of ot children Is a u subject upon which I havo hao reflected considerably und and I havo have come to tho the conclusion lon that most children arc aro taught many man things that have havo no practical or oven ovan educative o value for or them And secondly their education is too ott often n entrusted to to women who do not really know the subjects which the they teach but ut only know such scraps scrap of oC th tho as asaro are arc to be bo found In a childs child's d clomen- clomen tary tan primer Teacher Teacher But But perhaps I do know all aU these theM things about chemistry and wages an and so on Quito Child Child Quito so And perhaps the time I moon is made macIe of green cheese But In iii the absence of or an any satisfactory evidence evi evi- dence that this is IR tho the ca case c I r shall continue continuo to tc believe tho the contrary Time Tho I fact Calt of tho the matter mattel Is that you know very cry little Miss YOU Teacher Teacher You are arc not to talk taU to toI tome tome me like that You aro are a very naughty I rude udo little boy I shall mal make a you Ou stand in the tho corner Child My Child My Jy dear lear Miss s I I had hall no Intention whatever of being rude ude I merely thought It better bettel that you rou rou and I should hould faco taco th the facts simply and without affectation Knowledge Se has always its money value aille Intelligence has hns aj also o its money value For the tho extremely ex extremely ex- ex which wretched my sighted short father pays paS you ho hohas hohas has haa no right to expect very much knowle knowledge go or very much Intelligence nor havo have I any my reason to believe that he ho gets thorn Undoubtedly the tho very highest t. t salaries paid for Cor teaching should bo paid to those who teach children between tho the ages l of ot three and eight Professors nt at universities on tho the oth other r hand Instructing those I who have havo already learned to learn aro are aroI I never novel worth moro mora than a pound a and should not be paid moro more Th The most important part of or education tot for good or evil evil and and generally for tor evil takes evil takes between the tho ages ases of oC three throe and eight Teacher What Teacher What funny ideas you do 10 doget doget get into your little brain Possibly ly there thero is some sense In to somo some of or them You think then I ought to be paid avery a avery very VCr high salary alar for teaching you Child Child My My ly dear lady lad I must have expressed myself ver very badI badly If It that is what you ou suppose I 1 think an adequate ado ado- quate teacher for tor mo should certainly be bo pal paid very vory highly But if It I mn may sp speak k frankly ly I doubt if It you OU are even cven worth the tho extremely paltry salary that then you ou receive You aro not teaching because be be- be- be causo cause you like teaching leaching i should imagine im tm- agine that you OU disliked it But you OU wish to make malc a n livelihood lI You may mar possibly bo ho o fond of ot children In a wa way but hut you do not in tho time least understand them Your whole attitude towards children Is la purely a matter of or tradition tradition tradition tion an and based on non original I thought or observance of ot your our own Take for Instance that absurd punishment punIshment punishment punish punIsh- ment you suggested Just now unless one ono chooses to think so so it ft is 13 not a punishment punishment not not even ovon an Indignity Time The particular part of the tho floor space of ot this room where two walls wails converge a at right angles is 18 not Intrinsically worse than any an other part of ot it The rho I attitude of or standing I Is not more mor shameful than titan the attitude of sitting Unless I am prepared to accept the tradition as you do and do-and and I 1 certainly am not you not you cannot punish mo map In that wa way You can make malio me stand In the cornor but to mo me It il will be no punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment at all Teacher Jabber Jabber ja jabber jabber I I I never hoard anything like It I can find plenty of or punishments that would punish you Ou How flow would woul you lIko Ilko to have your pudding stopped at luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- Co eon II Child I Child Chil l 1 I should dislike e It extremely But nut tho the punishment is characterized by exactly tho tiro same samo stupidity as the time other At any time timo of or life lifo regular nutrition Is of or tho the first Importance Tho Tio pudding supplies a n physiological need which it would be e foolish and even eyen dangerous s to thwart Teacher Nov low Now do stop slop it It theres there's a good boy o Look at this nice book mammas mamma's given you ou She will bo he dis disappointed dl l appointed if you havo have not learnt an any anything thing about it If It you dont don't want to know how mow bread is 15 mado made suppose wo vo see where coffeo coffee comes conies from Coffee you ou know Is 18 a LL l berry crry and and and- Why theres there's the thc clock Your lesson Jesson time 1 la is done dune for today to ay I Child Child And And And yours ours also |
