Our changing times demand added records in any occupation. Therefore, getting pupils to realize the importance of math in the future is a major priority for every teacher. More Differences With the Public Schools One Old Order woman reflected in Blackboard Bulletin on the public school education some of her relatives were receiving. My nieces and nephws are of average iritelligence, yet one of them is in the seventh grade and cannot do simple arithrnetic problems without the aid of a calculator. A ninth grader copies word for word from the encyclopedia to make reports and cannot write a book report that's not a paraphrasing of the book jacket.
Courses range from learning about computers to experimenting with rockets in air chambers.
Homework assignments include watching certain TV programs. Last summer one niece learned how to bandage a cow's foot, how to help with the feeding in the barn, and how to prepare and can vegetables. Hopefully with encouragement and help from parents and teachers, she will get away from copying and calculators and use her mind. I have friends whose children attend parochial school, and grade for grade they are further advanced than my relatives who attend public school. I think the parochial schools are good, and hope my children can attend one of them and receive their education there.