Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-19
Miscellaneoms.
The Aim of Examinations.


I
In conducting public school examna-
ton the greatest care should he taken to
/ preserve intact. the pride and sensitive
/ ness OF both teacher and pupils The
/ OBJECT OF the examination is to find out
how things are: not to show how they
! ought to be. 1t Is to see what the pupils
/ know not what they do not know. L. the
| methods OF the teacher be bad-it he be
| superficial, uninteresting, inaccurate inca
/ raole--cXamluation day j. no time to cor
| rect or reveal his mistakes or to supply his
| deficiencies. IL he be young. mex per-
| lehced-or 4 woman (the rhetoric may be
| at fault, but | trust not so the logic he
Will have difficulty enough in carrying him
| self well without eXtrancous stumbling
| blocks. | think therefore, that it Is gen
orally better, more fair aud conclusive, to
leave the examination in the hards OF the
teacher than to delegate it 10 any member
or members of the examining board Ii is
the old Scripture principle my Sheep
| know my voice The pupils are familiar
with their teacher aud hi, ways OF ques-
tloning, and that familiarity and the con
hdence II inspires are likely to give them
command Of their knowledge; while the
strangers voice and his different way OF
looking at things are likely to drive their
small store of information out of their
poor little heads. II, however. the exam
2
ming committee do put the Questions they
can hardly Conhue themselves too closely
! to the book and the suhject-mattcr They
' N"o" 'N"'lIt tHe pages Whlch the
-, .'' ""'c oech studying ana on which
ny 'usn' {" pe prepared ahd then the I
Po'.t i ~ ascertain Whetl er the pupils I
80. ~ SV~hd'e th'hS>' Idmiiyin@ I
On the principles laid down on those pages;
but whether they know those nnpeS thern. I
,',',,tt, ..;''. 4ie"L great ueal said about I
P"P'H ot'uT 'au@ht 70 thihk, and eNamin- T.
~ az 9o"let''heS 50 eager To ma out /
F'P", taH tl'hA' thdl thcH are .
p"' u hhd'hS onl what th"y /.
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IL, nrat a ~ anu suilciehV
IA ,,,' ~ anu i lhe examiner
have given the oirI a commendation amd t
dismissed her triumnbantIv win honnri I
easy. But he conid hot weiI-enonab aInna r
and must needs Insb on m h;s o,yn' dastr,,c il
tion. ..Cannot Won tell me how iaraas"
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