The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-12-24
Education in jackson CO.---NO. %.
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NJ D. HAcKLET.
It isa tolerablY dificalt matter for the School
Examiners to elevate the standard Of teachers.
All the people who want to Jew down teachers
10 ffty cents per day, are "down on them. =
And so are the 'one horse teachers. And so
are the best teachers in the county as witness
she following:
Nm. MAokLEY..
II was claimed BY tho eEKaminsrs" OF
Jackson County: that tho. quarter,
IL Examinations" adopted By them last fall,
wouId elevate the Standard of Educatlon; ana
drive the in feror cass OF teachers. 10 the enlu-
walton of their minds, or. from tbe profession
Has had the desired effect? Let me see. IN
the abseaee Of organizations; many School Dis
irlcts were left without teachers and were forced
10 do without Schools or hire teachers who had
no certificates; who It seems consulted the Ex.
aniners. who advised them to take up Schools;
and assured them if they sueeeeded in getting
certificates, they would mot experience anytTou-
BILE IN getting their pay.
Since the last examination one .ofthe Exam
miners told me that he had signed several eertih.
Gates for applicants who wereUhsrlg Incompetent
to teach: Simply because they were teaching. In
fact he went SO far as TO say, that they tried to
tnd out who were teaching. and gave them GER
lifcates. Thereby making the act OF teaching q
qualification sufficient 10 grant certificate upon.
Nov, has had Il the desireleiec7
Yours SC
BOURGEOIS
Gdid not originate the plan Of thorough ex
animation, every three months. Bat think thC
plan good one Aud so dlI nearly every teach
er who was examined in September. Aud Al
the last, or spec ial exam nation, in last month
this question was put to vote, and nearly all tht
tldfty Two applicants present, voted 10 favor o
It. So Bourgeois" 10 pitch ing iuto the Ex
amIners, also attacks nearly all tbs teachers II
the county who have been heard upon this ques
/ iion.
Ths warfare upon the School Examiners Is n'
new Thing. Only few yeara ago, nv reader
may remember that published an anonymous
letter sent to the Board then acting, threaten
| Ing to burn thelr houses unless they granted Ger
ti6catcs TO all applicants,
Some Of these complaints are most frivolous
Soon after the last examination received o.
anonymous letter, Postmarked at Reeds Mills
(IIamden). really do not know what the fcl
low who wrote II was whinin about in partit
ular. The burden Of his complaint seemed !
be, that one of the Examiners neglected 20 tax
him home with him and Njvc him his dinner.
II might be thought that the Examiners migl
avoid all censure if they would grant ccrtlieate To-
to all who apply, as some former Boards ha'
done. But to show the fallacy OF this, here is
letter received last week by Mr. Long, on til
other hci --..
Dec 18th lS6S
Mr. Long Dear Sir
/ happened TO be in tho company 0
some Of ourschool teachers not long since, "
have to say was astOuished 10 see the tmm9ra
example Lheyare setting before our children y
comhon conversation, These teachers give CYL
dence Of good moral character, Now wish
know ifa word that Is used as substitute for a
oath can he called moral, The 'by golly 20
! gum" n "gOOd god % "I-l be derned' " "Lor
God" u IN be dog on occurred at least ~
enty times during the evening while slal(
about every third word was one ot these snOsl
tutea, regret very much that my clildran q m
neighbOfs children have to grow up under sue
uhgentemanly training. These teachers shon
learn that EVIL cemmun icatlon corrupu zoo
manners Now Sir as one OF our county Exam
ners YOU may think what YOU VIII VI what
have written, but 500 the growing evil
An Observer
So sou SEQ that /, Il pretty hard to please e
srybOdy, aud do not intend 10 Try todo SO,
Our countyls not the only place where u
School RxalnnerA have lovely time. La
week cut out of the Marietta Reg lstcr rle
letter from d teacher In That county, pitchip
into the Examiners. intended TO publish II
this article but have mlslnld H.