Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

"Wh0 should cooperate with Tenchcrs for the
Improvement of their Pupils? Parents, Ministers.
Schonl Committees. and MI who can promote the
object. Isaac WARTS, d. D.
That Teacher needs assistance and co-opora-
ton in hs cn'eavnrs to improve bis pupils, is o
self-cvideut fact to every rcHec'ins mind but it
IL a lamentable truth that Teacbors receive very,
very little cooperation from any source.
How shoull Parents cooperate with Teachers
for the Improvement of the children, is question
T propose to answer for tho benefit Of all con-
cerncd.
Eur the sake of method, will in the first place,
anlyAr NY answer:
LIT. Parent. should cn-rp.rate with Teachers
hy sending their children To School regularly;
2nl, Ey visiting tho Srh''ol frequently, and en-
roufl"iug the Pupils aud TEACHER;
An.l 3rl, BY aiding the Teacher in promoting
go"d order
First, 1t is almost IN impnssihility for any
Teacher to advance Il Pupil who attends School
irrcgulary The omission of Il recitation is
loss in itself, an.! renders the Pupil less capable
of ulricrStan,iin. lhr next. Our School looks aro
81 Systematically arranged. that Tho loss of few
rrciatiuna ,leprirc: Student of the connection,
and thereby greatly nlu'lc* his progress. More
over, If IL Student frequent! nbscnts himself from
School, hr will bcrc,nc unsteady in his habits, HE
relish for study mill ito great extent) be lcs-
ruyed and the little vGurts that he makes, frus-
tratcd. Teachers nra often, and unjuatly, consured
Fur the failure to improve Pupils wLo come to
Schuol rrcsulnrly. This is altogether wrong; it
s the one who has the sending Of them to School,
that should shoulder all the reproarh.
Second, When children receive little or no on
enlargement from their parents to progress in
their studies, they very naturally sla:kcn their
cally eudsavor to produce contrary result. A
very cectual way for parents to manifest their so.
licitude for the advancement in learning and NOR
al worth of their children, is to visit the School
room frequently, and converse freely with both
Pupils and Teacher. The frequent presence of
patrons of the School, united with the injunctions
of the Teacher, would stimulate Pupil. to strive
for Improvement, and the Teacher would Lo on
couraged to so on In hls arduoua undertaking.
Third, The observance Of good order in School
Is indispensable. ImprUprlclies are sometimes
committed ut School of which the TrRcher is en-
tirey ignorant, for it is impossible for him to have
his eyes in every direction at the same time pu-
pills aro not apt to inform against each other at
School, while at the sumo time they will talk un-
rcscrredly to their parents, and inform them of
the conduct of other children, whether it be good
or bad. When the rumor of tho bad conduct of
any Pupil or Pupils comes to the ears of parents,
through their children or any other source, 1t is
their bouplcn duty to report it to tho Teacher
forthwith, so that the matter mny he investigated,
and the partic2 concerned properly ,lcalt with. II
sometimes occurs that children take II dislike to
their Teacher, or some of their School-matus, and
they generally seek to create the same feeling in
the bosom of their parents; and to do this, some
children will fhrirae stories, md pour them into
the cars of their parents, which, if they listen to
aud encourage without taking the proper steps to
ascertain tho truthfuncss Of the snmo, will be
often repea,ed Tho result Is, the child contracts
n habit of tattling Tor lying) Which may follow
him through life, and spirit of discomfort takes
of the parents thus informed which
frequently causes them to withdraw their patron
ago from the School; and, sometimes an other
uiso Aou.ishing Schou, is. ia this way. euiirely