The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-30

8 sere 10 proper iaa e ihe usmhcrs aiircie4, tha
thsy eAn % fer good ia the school RON.
Thouga i i by % means cxPecsel that al II
wishes u every eaid wiil BE- grsatei ty a
ssaebef, ye, IA ibs breast u every one Is tribl
nai before which tbas tsaeaer stands. and uhle:
ihe ossigus integrity of bis heart and The jus,i,
efhis course secure hiu hsor ., tha, trlbuna
be l0osss be love and ihs confidence q that %
pil
Omen times The rod II correction has been .,
srTely applied ior . .ransgressioa Of which "a
real cause vas the positive Partially. injasties
o. fayori,ism Of the teacher; process Of harden
Ing HhieA has hnsd many prsod spirited. Fsso
elute boy for the Jail. the prison aud an ufamou
grave.
No slight disregard OF the Just claims Of an.
pupil. large or small. should ever take place b
the teacher, nor should any instance Of the kin,
IN the school room being discovered, pass unre
proved.
Ag'in--0ur public school teachers shond pos
sess Energy and dseinion Of character.
0ne ofthe INDECENT habits, without furcc aut
decision Of character, had better be sleeping lik,
"Rp Van Winke" han be in the school rooW
where time and money are expended aud young
minds are forming habits for life
! young lady has been teaching for some con
siderable time where every pupil is bright and
active generally, and yet that school is as dali
and lifelcss as though il we're drugged with OPT
um
That teacher, ind-heartei and well-meanina
as need be, is SO void Of energy in the school
room from day TO day that ,he school has become
the model Of stupidity.
She moves listlessly aboIt the room--says but
little at any time and that little is lestute Of FIRE,
force or feeling.
Glasses are called for recitation and they rise
and ad vance with motions similar to the voice
that summoned them
/ DO they take their places without order or an
matiou, some word Of reproot may be given by
The teacher but il is done without decision, and
the class smiles Or shufies the feet upon the floor
and nothing mere.
| have heard her conduct recitations, when her
own ifeless undecided manner aud the CORES
pondng heedlcssness Of the class and tht imper-
fiction Of the lessons, made me- as l}eecher would
say, .''yolcanic,' aud have almost wished that
one Of the Charleston shells might drop and burst
in lha room and create little life and activity
for time.
Il lhe teacher Is energetic, ready for every
good word and work in his calling with here
new thought, there a novel illustration, smile
Of encouragement for one, a word of explanation
Tor another aud decision for all, there will be
retecton Of all this Wy the school.
There viii be mental activity on the part Of the
pupils, the daily tasks will be more readily and
perfectly performed; thought, feeling, aud ac-
ton viii all be more positive aud correct
An active, resolute, decided, and interested
teacher daily conducting dull and lifeless school,
is an impossibility.
Lise begets Ike here as elsewhere; what the
teacher is, The school will be iu very great de-
gree.
II the teacher has correctness ofjalgemeut to
place him upou consistent ground at all times,
and decision Of character to carry out hi, plans
and wishes the school takes that cast at once
without mnrmuring OF revolt and many cases
where, otherwise, punishment would be required
will regulate themselves.
fiually-A public school teacher should love
his business aud love children; otherwise thele
will be no plea sLrl in his work
Without these qualifications he had better turn
to other employment for gain or pleanure than
to take the supervision Of scnoo, and the in
sruction Of young minds. 4
Many attempt this eork for a brief period only I
TO secure q little money, while they dislike the !
business, and have no love for children, nor pa ,
teDce with their peeuliaries II
This is one Of the great msfortunes Of our com
mon schools i
They are not considered worthy Of the care and :
attention which a permanent business deserves.
but only worthy Of the foot blocks place, 10 raise
one up to something else.
With this opinion many enter these schools as {
teachers, and their disrtIlsh for their work, their
total lack of interest in H. is very soon visible 10
he operations Of Il c school room =
young man ofvery liberal education, ofhigh !.
Ispiratlonr, whose estimate Of the position of
Urinary school teacher is very low and who has
cry ii',le affection. for "the brAts" has taken
ohool, and one has no need to spend whole day " !;
q tia, school room to discover that The teachers ;,
eart is not there.
lie IS energetic, preserves good oider. has good +
ecitaions, but affection is no motive power in an !,
be operations Of that room i
lie governs by physical force and secures dill n
ence in study BY the fear Of punishment ID
This is wrong, all wrong. Ii is hardening the 4,
.nder heart, bunting the young sensibliiies, re
I'd leaving undeyeloped the nobler element Of ca
ie ehids nature self respect, right, and duty Ii.
Many persons undoubtedly err very a ueh BY ed
. great nidness and snisney in this work. out be
any mtre err far more fatally BY losing sigh, ca
the natural claims 0. humanity, and the proper al
eentiyes to urge upon the attention Of children loi
induce consistent thought. or feeling, or ac- se
%, Hhile they govern with cold severity whose ca
hstan; tendency i to harden the young heart tra
d break down az selenspset On the part Of tie ne
pills sp
How 10 control a school Is question Of The IN,
CHEST impo-tahce and deserves careful at,ea. a.
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haoiis are there f1rEing which viii work for al