Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-30
Vermont Education
GET A GOOD TRACHpp

'A9 ietuarsed ths,
the dearest thing on Gods earth
cheap schoolmaster." This fact ,,.,
o be remembered and repeated
needs to be remembered this year al
school meeting, when the cry of,h,
times" will be heard, and men Win
tempted to offer less wages and n
up with a poorer school than psn.,
There is no mistake about it, good
ticle commands money, be it -,
cheese or a good OK, be it power Of 6..5
in the mechanics shop, or Dow., :,
brain in the counting room, at fl. !,
or in the schoolhOuse. If you wan,
good teacher you must down with 4
dust" Do not tell me that good toad
ers are not to be had they are to hah.,
if you will pay for them. at laos,
for yOur district. The demand ,,;n ''
create a supply. Good teaeba,,
have given mp the business can b. az a'
intoi it again. So can others Of frs, '" WI.
ability and education, for comDon,. NV
that will make the business resDa.,.p,
not less in their eyes than in the ava.
the parents and scholars.
Do not put up with somebody that IN
do tolerably well, seeing that your ,,b,,,
is small and there are not many h..
scholars. Do not take Dea. Bov,5
son, or daughter, or wife's cousin be,,..
they will work cheaply, and can b,1
at home, or take a woman teacher
they ought to have man, unlew,
want to keep your school small, and ,
keep out the large scholars. Dssam
Browns relatives may do well somevbers
else, they may teach geography and a.
rithmetic well enough in your district
but their influence on the charactsroftb
scholars and of the district, will not can.
pare with that they may exert elsexben
or another Of no better ability may exert
In your district. 1t is not enough that
your scholars learn something, read bet.
ter and go through the arithmetic. The
more important part Of the teachers H.
fuence is upon their habits and charac
ter, IN refining their tastes, inducing re.
spect and regard for education itself. and
for all that is good and worthy in
word, in the impulses for good that d
iently go out in all directions from Ii
really good teacher, who at once CON
mands the respect and love of his pupil
How many of our best and greatest me
and women, refer the first quickenin
impulse toward all they aherward b,
came, to the word or smile or examplec
such teacher. As a general rule.
comparative stranger will have the az
vantage over a person well known, and
male teacher over female. And HI
) last is said with all due regard for til
many, very many, most estimable femal
teachers in our state. Other things b.
ing equal, the male teacher can maintai
in himself calm dignity of manner, an
secure reverence for just authority
> the minds of the scholars, better than III
female, because known to be able to Ell
force obedience when not cheerfully rel
dered.
i Again your cheap teacher can n,
teach your little children, and in the CON
mon branches as well as the good teach
er. He can go through with cersi
: number of exercises in a dull mechan.
cal way, but without infusing that lite an
? spirit into the scholars so needfGI tbs
they may learn even their A, B, ESQ
to spell Baker" decentIy. You have
hired your teacher because ne was CHEAP
: you neither respect him yourselves, noi
1t do you expect your children to respect
: him; you do not even expect your chI'
dren to learn much, and you will not Be
: disappointed, and yet this very winter
the time when the right or the wrong ID
/ pulse given to the opening mind Of you
"a child is to determine its character for lIisi
% and to fill your heart in coming year
with JOY or regrets for an error no money
or tears can never retrieve. And all 'hs
b difference now is one, it may be Of ifon
# three to five or possibly ten dollars .
h month for your winters school; tTIh'as
item when compared with the ehtife o'.
d, lay for wages, board, books, school Dull"
Is, ings, and the precious time and oPpofI
mites Of your children.
In days past, when you came n'n
C from your days toll, and that boy 'a~
RI bounding along to meet you, and VIC
your eye and heart followed him. W.
tie cheek still warm with his " 6oodh'sD,
you secretly promised that you T'-
spare no pains to make BIN ii1'
not forget it now. n " "
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