Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-01-09
The Teachers of Our Children.

1t is the duty of parents to encourage
fidelity and studiousnesS in their children.
They should not only give them their
time while the school is i'm session, but /
insist upon their constancy and punctual- |
ity in attendance, al d should Is impress |
upon them the importance of mpr owing I
the opportunities thus afforded. Much /
may be done TO ED in the successful !
working of the school by earnest home !
counsel. Point out to these children the
personal advantages to be realized in the
future by those who improve their youth
by selfculture. Show them that their
relative position in society, their influence
and usefulness, depend upon the manner
In which they spend their fieeting school,
days. Encourage them faithfully to pre-,
pare every lesson ASST. them, and to
cherish a deep interest in every school
exercise, as a means to the end in view.
Who can fail to see that, if such an in
terest should be manifested, and such an
influence exerted in every family, by the
parents, a power would be brought to
bear upon the school which would be felt
for good i'm its elevation and prosperitys
Teachers would, by such cooperation,
be inspired with new hope and encourage
ment, and would renew their diligence
and fidelity IN the noble work in which
they are engaged. A want of such en-
couragement and aid has been a fruitful
source of difficulty and failure in the pub
lie schools of our country
And parents should frequently visit
schools. These visits should not be made
for the purpose of interfering with the dis
cipline of the school, or assisting in con-
Quoting its exercises. 1t is presumed
that the teacher employed is competent.
to manage its own affairs. But parents.
should visit their schools to learn how
they are conducted, and manifest their in
terest in the education of their children.
These occasional visits will do more than
anything else can do to rouse and encoar-
age the teacher, and to inspire the pupils
with zeal and earnestncss in the discharge
Of their school duties. Such visits have
Q decided influence over the tteport7nent
of the school. They tend to cultivate
pride of character, school pride, and self
respect in the pupils, and to check all
tendencies to disorder and rebellion.
Few children are so abandoned and Ieck-
less as to indulge i'll improper conduct IN
the presence of visitors, or SO lost to self
respect as to feel no interest in the school.
Hence, under such restraint, they learn to
to cultivate the habit of good order, and
to give respectful at ention.
Again, parental visits have,aM influence
to secure higher order of scholarship in
the school. They awaken q new Interest
and create new zeal, in the work of the
school-room. Children have laudable
desire to appear well in the presence of
critics, and hence they will labor to pre-
pare their lessons.
Now, how far have the parents whom l
address perf0Gmcd these duties in their
relations to the teachers and schools pro-
vided for their children? Have you, my
friend, whose eye may fall upon this arti-
! Gle, always sustained the teacher of your
children in maintaining the authority OF
the school? Have you encouraged that
teacher by your own manifest interest
zeal, and cooperation in the arduous and
important work you have assigned him:
And, to be more specific, have you made
special efforts to secure the constant ant
punctual attendance of your children upor
the exercises of the school? Have yor
encouraged their fidelity and studiousncss
as pupils, by earnest and constant appeals
to their reason and conscience?
And, finally, do you visit your schoo
at frequent intervals, and thus inspire anC
encourage your children and their teach
er in the noble work you have given then
to do? If so, do it more faithfully hereaf
ter; if not, from this hour wake up to
consciousness of your obligations in thi.
regard, and henceforth do your duty
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