| Show the peoples peopled corner aliat IS AN everyone has a different idea of what an all education Is there aro aio as many definitions its as there are aio people and I 1 suppose that all of those definitions aro are more moio or 01 less correct one toi lias has said that to bo be educated means lueins that a person Is able to adjust completely and satisfactorily to his or her environment viron ment this Is quite true in a more moie detailed sense it th tint at a person Is physical ly adapted to what lie la Is doing that lie Is mentally adjusted to ills his and biome ionic life and thit that lie Is spiritually aale to the infinite influences that are aio ever eier present As anyone ail one cin call soo see it Is impossible toi for any public school lesii all iii to completely educate an all individual the I 1 lie home tile the school and the church till all two have a very profound pio found influence on oil a person the homo home Is tile the most important of rill all training centers because of time and because of influence As tile the home goes so go the children little things tint that are said and little things that are aie done become an intal c cito ato pill part of a childs personality the education of a child be gins ins as soon as it Is born tile tha way it Is handled loved loed played placed with fed and slept all have a bearing on oil its intricate personality and personality la Is just tho the sum bull of a persons education it is not hard for school people and church leaders to find the young oung people who hive have received a well veil rounded basic preschool edu education catlon and those who have lave not had the benefit of such training parents should become conscious of their responsibility in the field of education the future of our oui democratic way of life depends on the kind of education edu edtion our children chil dion receive the whole burden baiden cannot be born by tile the public school system nor by the church there must be cooperative responsibility wiio noia DOIN till EDUCATING who does the educating la in this democracy or of ours lg Is very seldom asked about as close to answering tho the question as aa anyone ever comes Is to blame somo some other group or persons when a R failure Is evident either in tho the school as a whole or in an individual it if you just stop to think there are three institutions who do most inot of the training of children the home the public school and ami the lie church the home Is by far the most important for several reasons it gets the flast and best chanca at training the child in total hours of contact the home has the best opportunity as can bo easily seen when you count the total years the home still has the advantage the home Is especially well adapted to teaching ideals attitudes and habits and does the major job in this part of education whether it wants to or not students come to school a product of tile the lome home the public school Is especially well adapted to toach teach certain skills such as reading writing arithmetic and quite a few other items the success that a school lias has in teaching the skills depends a lot on the facilities that tile the community provides tor for teaching these skills plus the inherited ability of the child plus the background of the child that has been provided by the home and homes are created by parents the church Is an institution that attempts to provide moral training in many ways people are not forced to attend it or support it financially it Is supported by people who can see its real value in human understanding and relationships the value that Is received from church training Is dependent entirely on the individual attitude 0 of f family membership well who does the educating every home every individual every school every c hurch church and every community does the training each of them has a general and a specific responsibility what the next generation aeration Is depends on how we recognize and assume our responsibility today 0 B crane with ith this issue we publish ow our first contribution to the peoples corner mr crane has previously contributed to the pages of the pluto plute county news we have desired him to write more frequently but tho the pressure af of heavy teaching duties has prevented this besides being vocational agricultural teacher and principal of Cir circleville cleville high school he Is bishop dushop of the Cir circleville cleville ward L D S church having known him tor for several years and having observed him at work we are c convinced 0 that pluto plute county news Is fortunate in having him contribute to tills this column thank you mr air crane for this tine fine contribution trib ution irene elder |
