Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-18
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GOOD RULES FOR A TEACHER.
A New England teacher keeps the fol-
lowing excellent rules on his desk, by,
which to be governed. We commend the
same to all teachers, parents, preachers,
editors. and others. Besides having the
best influence on children, such rules will
tend to greatly improve ones own physi-
|ognomy as well as his whole nature:
HERE ARE THE RULES. a 4
1st. Sympathy with the minds and
hearts of children. is
I'd. Energy of personal character.
WHAT SHALL CONSTANTLY DO:
/. Keep good temper.
E 2. Always be cheerful.
g. Have patience.
4. Encourage and praise.
5. Be faithful. t...c s..,.s,@g
WHAT / SHALL CONSTANTLY AVOID:
1. Moroseness. ~ .a..s. *
2. Fretfulness, 49, a
g. Anger
A. Scolding. c
s.. Fault-fnding.
GA cold. unsympathetic manner. =
What volume in these few sentences!
Let us analyze them. Sympathy with
the minds and hearts of children" implies
aptitude for enlisting attention and calling
out the faculties Of those to be impressed
and educated. @ -
ENERGY of personal character. He
whoswould awaken or inspire energy IN
another must himself exhibit earnestness,
energy, and enterprise.
e'Keep good temper" This means
"self- control condition indispensable
to one who would lead or control others.
"Always be cheerful" Is this posi-
BILE? Yes; if one is fit to teach. he is
capable of constant cheerfulness. and he
has no right to bring anything less than
this into a. school-room. He must keep
bis afhAs sA bis a5 panS @ and ,z za9n9ya1ees to
Invalids, dyspeptics, and those with 'ja-
ded nerves. should be sent to the hospital,
and not the school to cruelty others.
''Have patience" Children are of ne
cessity more or less impatient; but a
teacher must never show want of this
admirable Christian quality. Patience is
akin to peace; impatience. to disorder.
"Encoura cement" No matter how
|self-assured child may seem to be; no
matter how presumptuous, or how indif-
ferent apparently to praise or blame, all
well-organized human beings. young and
old. are susceptible to encouragement and
liable to be discouraged. When one needs
a word of cheer, it is folly for teacher to
withhold it. Many good people confound
praise with fattery, and for fear of the
latter, seldom or never use the former
Teachers should discriminate and incour-
age when necessary.
"Be faithful" This implies integrity;
and no one who is not honest should for a
moment be trusted with the high Office Of
teacher. Faithlessness on his part will
beget the same condition or spirit in chill
|dren, while the lack of it will be as prompt
ly initiated. ~ -
''Moroseness". comes Of an evil spirit.
It is of the passions, and perversion
at that. Only low mind INDUCES a
spirit of moroseness. So of 'fretfulness," :"
''scolding," and s'fault-fnding" These
feelings beget resistance, turbulence, dis
order, rebellion, anarchy, and the school
is disturbed or broken up in consequence
of an evilly disposed or ill-tempered teach
er. "5 tt---
To be a good teacher. one must be
lGooD. 70 subdue turbulent child, or a
horse, one must first be self-subduing -
In short, one must have himself the qua
lities, the spirit, and the knowledge he
would have in others. Inconsiderate pa
rents and teachers look for consistency
and perfection, while they themselves are
nothing but inconsistencies and imperfec-
ton. This is theme on which all may
proftably dwell. Let us try to be in dis
position and character what we would
have others become. Then our efforts
will be rewarded with good results
chronological journal. ~'7s
CURE FOR FOUNDER The Rural World
proposes to cure founder in horses in this
way: Take the horse into book or stream
of water deep enough to nearly reach his
body, and fasten him there with his head
so high that he cannot drink. If the wea-
ther is warm keep him there several hours.
Then remove him and rub his legs to pro-
mote circulation. Ifstill lame, repeat the
process two or three times and cure will
be effected In the winter. twenty min
utes will be long enough to keep the horse
in the water. s~ --. t..-.
EsA juror having applied to the judge
to be excused from serving on account of
deafness, the judge said: Gould you
hear my charge to the jury. sir?' "Yes,
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