The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-07
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Information pbieh sbaa make more
agreeable ll round
Nly bes gule +, tba. ,oH acclpl lhe
situation Perhaps you DO uot know
what tbm ueaus. Ii means that, as
you 4fg At school, whether yon really
Ike 6oIng q got you determine IS
make tbt very best you can 81 il, ana
,hat you % not make yourself upd N
eiybody else Wretched by sinking and
grumbhug about III aud Wishing school
was done, aud wondering uhy your
fathers send you There aud asking
leave to look At the clock ~ the other
room, and So on.
Now here sou are at school, viii
say, Tor throo hours ioeopt the site
uation like Q man or woman, aud Dc
not sulk like fool
70 make tee whole thing thoroughly
attractive, to make the time pass quick
+ II, aud TO have school life natural
part Of your other life, my second rule
rs, do what you do with all your might.
/ 1t is a grand rule inanyhng; in sleep
ing, IN playing, OF in whatever you
have ia hand But nothing tends TO
make school time pass quicker; and
.he great point, as ! viii acknowledge,
is TO get through with the school hours
a quickly a' we fairly can.
Now if in written arithmetic, for in.
stance, you will start Instantly on the
sums as soon as they are given out
4 II you will bear on hard on the pencil,
so as to make olear white marks, in
stead OF greasy, habby, pale oues on
/ the slate, if you will rule the columns
for the answers as il It were a bnnl,
ledger you were ruling, or il you viii
wash the slate 50 completely that no
yestige Of old work is there, you vii
find that the mere energy ofmanner IN
spirit and correctness into the thing
done
Lessons are set for average boys At
school, boys Of the average lozinoss
! If you really 90 to work with nll youl
might, then yon get Il great deal o
loose time, which, in general, you car
apply TO that standing nuisance, the
+" evening lesson" Sometimes, know
this is prohibited When it is, the good
boys and quick boys have 70 learn how
to waste their extra time, which seems
to be pity. But with sensible mas
Ter, it is a thing understood, that il is
better for boys or girls to study hard
while they study, and never learn to
dawdlo. Taking it for granted that
you are in the hands Of such masters
or mistresses, will take it for granted
that, when you have learned the school
lesson, there will be no objection to
your Iezt learning the other lesson,
which lazier boys will have to carry
home
Lastly, you will find you gain Il great
deal by giving to the school lesson all
the color and light which every day
affairs can lend to it. DO not lot it be
a ghastly skeleton in clcsot, but let il
come as far as it will into daily life,
! When you read in Colburn's Oral Arith.
metic that a man bought mutton At
six cents q pound, and beef at seven,
ask your mother what She pays d pound
now, and do the sum with tho figures
changed. When it is your turn 70
speak, do not be satisfied with a piece
from the Speaker" that all the boys
have heard hundred times, but get
something out Of the Tribune, or the
Companion. or from the now " Tonny.
son at home.
My dear children, see hundreds ol
boys who can tell me what is thirteen
seyentcenths Of tEo-elegenths Of five
times one-half Of bushel Of wheat,
stated in pecks, quarts and pintsi and
/ yet i showed them a grain Of wheat,
and grain of unhulIed rice. and a
grain d barley they would not kuos
which was which Try not 70 Iet your
school life sweep you wholly away from
the home lie Of every day. Rev. = Il
Hale, IN The Youths Companion
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