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Show H THE PUBLIC 8CHOOL H Hi Tho complaint Is frequently mado M against tho American public school, B that It Is too much ot a machine, M that It offers no chanco tor tho bright H child. Iio must dawdlo away his M tlmo, rollovcd by sticking pins in his 1 next neighbor, while tho rules of HW nrlthmotlc and tho facts ot history tt nro explained over aud over ngalu to Blower wlttcd children. H There nro a host ot people who l learn only by their eyes, by seolng 1 n thing done. You llnd It In every Hl- business olllce. There aro sonio to H whom It Is absolutely no uso to glvo H extended verbal orders. You must B do a thing, and let them sco you do H It, and then they follow you by lml- H tation It they can't by reason. So H with children. Teacher must do the H cxamplo over and over again before H they can grasp tho principle, which H in tho form of a written rulo Is mean- IBM inglcss, flf Meanwhile, what is 'tho hoy to do H who takes to books as an Indian to B tho chaBO? m Iloro Is whero tho good teacher can V- make hor valuo count. Tho bright Bj child with a Uttlo help can always H skip ono or two grades In the year,s H beforo tho high school. Don't bo Hi afraid to let them try It. Dut It H means that teacher must stay after H school a few moments, and untanglo H new and knotty problems. M ; Tliore aro few teachers who aro un Hi willing to do this. Tho child who Hlj pushes ahead without prodding Is K such n relief. In contrast with tho av. H enigo llstlossness ot tho school room iiitib iuu iuui.iivr uauuuy iuuih mat H hero at least her work has somo ro- H Much Is said In the nowspapers ot H tho crowding ot tho public school. H Probably it does not pay to push a child if ho does not want to go. H When you suggest to most of thorn H that they go ahead and savo a year, HT j tho roply Is "Wo'ro getting our les- L, sntiB nnd Isn't that enough? Dut Hi! don't lot your boy expect that ha Is HF to go through school without somo HL work. |
