The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-04-12
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Editors Ution There seems 10 be u gcuUr-
al disposition just now 70 investigate our Pub
lie School System, and, ] am sorry 81 say,
desire with some 70 find fault generally with
its management. My object in writing this
communication Is not 10 carp at the honest Of
iorts Of those who are bound 10 administer the
School law rs they find IL, nor 10 find fault with
| ovcr.worked and poorly paid teachers. but 10
point out what consider 10 be the great mis-.
take made in most of our schools both public
and private, and which is not always the mis-
take Of teachers alone but Of that large body Of
the people who are patrons Of schools, aud
"tax-paycrs.' In communication 10 the Her
aid Of last week, over the signature of an" I
find thcse words; "My Rotations each day
amount 10 thrty-threc," and | desire 10 use
them as u text or handle for this article. To
the the fact there stated is u confession that
ought 10 set "tax-paycrs' and parents 10 think
ing seriously. That hiriy-thrce rccitations can
be heard in one day and the pupils properly
| instructed in tho subjects taught, Is simply an
impossbility. find no fault with the teacher
who wrote the article referred 10, but truly
/ sympathizc with him. have no doubt that
he well knows that hcaTing thirty. Mrce recita.
| lions per day by one teacher is not very profit
able mentally 10 teacher or scholars. Our
school day contains six hours; deducting half
| an hour for intcTmission or recess and reccssa-
| ry attention TO pupils when not engaged in re.
citation. there are leit three hundred and thir-
~ minutes. or exactly icl minutes for each re-
| citation. have too much respect for teachers
| generally 81 suppose that they do not know
| that as n rule no recitation eau BE- properly
| conducted and completed in So short a time -
| Certainly many classes require much longer
time, especially reading aud arithmetic, and
| perhaps others. True. n teacher caa call up a
class IA the Fitth nrSix h Reader. and although
! the lesson for the day may be some fine extract
from some classic agthuT-onc boy may read
| the first paragraph. another the second aud 81
| on 80 the end ct the itss0H. the teacher correct
| ing lew mistakes IN pronunciation, 4c., aud
I the recitation may be huishsd in les than ten
minutes. and another lesson assigned, but the
| young rsadcrs wall have about as much knowi
| edge of what they have read l!l aud a. much
/ sptsVs$-tiea of Sc merit as lisit weFs 70
Chinese language
| once visited = school containing about atty
| scholar The lesson ioF Que u the higher
reading glasses that Day was Bryant's beaut.
iul poem, "'Ihanatopss." Zach pupil IN the
! class read verse the lesson was aHtsts.i with
! the 'pcll * sui defining ni a few words aui
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