Show editorials bi prominent carbon county citizens L THE BACKWARD CHILD WHO AND WHY 0 H madsen mayor of price city and met oai 0 elementary Elem emiry grades chory year at the opening of the parent parents of cluny of our jela tobol 01 children face fact it especially is this true of the parents who have th hlll illren ren mho are behind their gradert gra grade deit ft seem neilly impossible to induce such leh byi boyll and A nd girls to sul ill in school knowing the acif iu faculty experienced many people wonder why ire we dimp aarl anid d pupil in tre 00 many maur express thi tho lilot to me nit my chalu I 1 IS keep keeli alert well ti t life situations at liona liu iii why doe does hog not succeed nt tit school I 1 there tire many raa wh wb ome some children do not lue ur ceel feed in school of which I 1 have hale here to most people s mind minda lb th backward bak ba ward child li is one who i is born burn short one who in 14 unable to fit into the cormal scheme of thin lie ile li ii considered all too as ono of the creator creators little ones one orie who came into being acie a as a low slow follower because that wa wits his jill I 1 grant you that the backward child often tandi stands on the border line between the and the feeble minded ut I 1 main lain that thit la the majority of cases the kind of tr treatment trat ment he receives in chool school ant out will be tre determining factor an its to which of these two blames he will ultimately join jan in order to determine who Is 1 l a backward child and w why h y he ja j backward Ack wOld we must pat put before you a it few fundament fun damen tal principle principles A child is backward nho ho for any i IS unable to follow the pupil pupils of hh age grade lly ily follow I 1 here mean mesa who li able to inar into the class oon contribute tribute to ltd ita development and gatt g as much ai as he bhail take tali all it 1 is 13 the normal age grade for pupils of the elf ele men nien tary and junior high schools it ln 6 lon eird that a pupil ii Is ml retarded ie is not behind hit lit age ago brailo rad lit 1 rot back backward liard in n this particular if ho he falli falls under the following classifications pint first 4 0 7 8 ears saoul 7 8 9 0 year years thara 8 9 10 year years fourth 9 10 11 12 year years fifth 10 11 1 aj 1 lears eara sixth 11 1 11 yen 11 2 13 14 years eighth 14 13 year years thus a child of the englith grade who it Is not over fit teen cars of age ii Is not behin I 1 hii his age grade although he be may be in lit ome some subject or subjects and therefore technically a backward pupil I 1 itin am 9 here her of backwardness ai as applied to progress ii in school to this must be he added and moral backward nM tc charled development of which may seriously retard bini hint mentally physical 11 factor factors are present in nearly all cases a of moral in mentality and moral bt buenard kard nem nosi ie 19 closely interwoven with both hut wh ilo to we find backward pupil pupils in our out schools I 1 N bj by do teacher teachers hive d pat up with these dupile pu alls who have an apparently impenetrable dull negi who are fire irritable la lit small matters who hae hale no ability to master th h is subject or to tell why they are in our schools Is I 1 a eS 1 imp le I 0 o find the rem emes for thee these pupils up to grade is the task of a matter to know what measures to amily aej ly we davs must know the 1110 CAIL Mell and the hp answer to the question 11 vh tho backward pupil I 1 in the first place vince backwardness bAckward nesa may IQ duo atio toe tois elow slow oi e th ePowers of abe th mind in ahli rise it t would be only apparent q this condition need nut not alarm 1 cither or te achere that thai 1 chin chimil li dow slow tu to die dir elop ma f an analogous condition to the tilt long im anol tio I of iii tanty ie Is a iwon boon rather than a detriment to the tile child kittil the proper ball shall have taken place then there is 11 no bed wd apply to that phae of the it tilh who 14 AIX x year Y 04 4 fiat 1 i 1 1 ft kd bei boys tits ali 4 anfe thrift bilm fay ay be dw dot aes eithfl or on axmar thew then nay may be id ea adno tda drefs to eab dc de fertile tan tars wil weik eyes and st wilred othea ili t to ahm childhood ia is subject on the othar hand a pupils mas bv baek backward lauf ftc 4 att own attitude and MW we w way o 0 itkis to lassi tudie or el fig g abols I 1 alan ike latter with till this division became t tb tho aw of ike tb fuehr TWI weed by hyx its bi U be a X feet fatter ife holdia ims 1 tl feet arr ark rhen h tk tile how aad and the attitude of the memi t ri of ot tw the hiroi hw tivie wk RoI opts WI nettie cat eat carmit to kee ot au bf ill ibis that th ri r to it A 0 ere th the 1 I rrb the dej del the is admed ty by the boys abo to aae ht lit 1 liall 4 hat WAY ami Met 1111 die olle y yd berdi ILM lea icalea aft him his the ellase jt it 6 so to reproach to parent to io ali ailant talt a lack of opportunity to a bit i 1 r 1 a il ol irk dav day w the tb life I 1 at the child wilts tw o 0 parents I 1 domoe i A block ie la tile cirr 11 abts bt own stole or r daughter hereit Iter valt me to ciak plain fellow follow barnts the child vw vibe is isau his father riu t eho choa or beail the home members nir take sake nil n lat trist in hia his or r failure is 11 ll us anaf re laut I 1 rovia hirt A R elfare to ahli hoy boy the holl hop of success lies lie in the school A ami u it the teacher an I 1 mav I 1 idd I 1 the hope of the stiche lie I 1 if 8 1 n the t he fat t abi t it k I 1 he by bay anif U 11 I 1 tat thai th 11 fath fat b 1 er e r itee toa t J J fare late in the not ao so far distant future and denan de nan nani I 1 a tec reckoning koning my problem ae as a te il is we hacili ha eili bicki ard thild and not vb wv hr arhl parras late liac diac some well defined ideas aeji on tie te t to mp me it 1 is it contel tabla that any ararat will t nn no the tail tall till cut of thi dagou f ahls own 1 thi ehilda bils and shout 0 va 0 there ill hope iu ill ole ie thought that thil of parents ij 11 in 14 rl r T agabi f vre hue h ile the I 1 shihi leeoline Lee beet fline tase of the 9 h lot it itle lf thu atit inv dinv 1 ix dive 1 to the 1 of f th teacher our of study Is i tio tao uniform subject n nu I 1 elat 11 raj ani our ficat 1011 tio rigid to this ing mut at iw be nildes W imset lark lack f iii aint of a tle the intern in late robt of thial ebid child thea then we hau hale the cwi now i r ii ire ro teachers UD an I 1 rome some children hI larto arc are backward back warl I 1 of of I they ORY have hail conw thi this is U tio slim it ill i not lH lu tedd isi 1 ucb bueb on the rank and file of the tb teachers in fat at rf ho it the tb hive have done work wll ietter ott RON than they hr bar wn been given arlt for but BOW now ami we wt tee the tits ol 01 eclet aien H the ilae out in terro term cf it chil chilgren fren TH alve befu u to t bilth the fault of anthill Ai 1 thill the it jam 1 ar with the he hor 1 bat hat with A ith ivelo 1411 Mut tit ok pit sessions sea suil lack of adequate in leme instance the he teacher feather bat ba bi ben en unable tt bring brin beau vp v p to prade grade then teo too w teacher teachers have leen been to much ej lie 14 tramp order tramp jn in enog september and tramp ramp out in var it I 1 alies the greater part at of the year your to get t acquainted with the itu atlon the parents the children sad the vision then just a when hn thil th vision it Is clem ie we bale artther apt a other ther teacher aid and a it fx more children who have offered suffered the same fate late year after year to add to he the backward lilt list let us n all cooperate oc for the bet best interest Int erett of our children |