Show EASY TO MISJUDGE CHILDREN youngsters called stupid dP in early years have later been found possessed of genius let me remind you of the sufferings of tile the stupid child real stupidity Is a n great affliction but one which rarely receives tile ho sympathy it stands so 0 much in III need of now many children mho are t thought i 0 u glit s stupid tu p 1 1 a are ic e n not 0 t stupid nt at a all T tibey li e y may na y li have a v e c certain artt il n defects of a physical nature which can be remedied or their schooling and ed in general Is of a kind that Is not adapted to their special needs if juggling figur figures pot erroneously called arithmetic Is made a test of intelligence telli tell gence gonce then hen the constructive or artistic genius of r child may remain undiscovered and it if parents and teachers judge those children to be bright who can by so called parsing arrange the dead bones of 0 the lie language in or ar order or who shine out olit from the others by brilliant recitations and tin childlike discussions of problems at graduation exercises then lien tile dreamer the he philosopher and the poet will pass for dunces it Is only too true that many of 0 our greatest minds have been considered absolute failures durin during their school career not to say in ili the homes of their childhood how many of them had bad to assert their native excellency against the most anost violent resistance of those who were too blind to perceive the lie divine spark it iii their childrens souls dr maximilian P R E Gros in june humanitarian |