Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-02-14
PARENTS AND TEACHERS.

vod enters TO teach lie will find three classes
heir parents, and will consequently have thr
and classes of children to deal with
The first class consists of those wi
80, wholly cooperate with the teacher. The
,,I will not only reprimand their childre
oar themselves for misconduct. but will uphol
t,,- the teacher in so doing. They will nc
~ allow their children to run around :
!, night in the naighborhood or town
'ne which they live. thus uniting then
''iu selves for study, besides making nuisanc
'"e OF themselves. The children of such Dal
ny cents are well behaved at home and abroad
VI They require but little attention from tn
teacher 10 keep them orderly and well be
ge haved at school. and they almost uniyer
he sally learn faster than any other children
he The second class is composed of thos
OF who wish to shift the whole responsibility
le- Of rearing their children upon the teacher
They will tell a teacher that if their boy
Sc don't behave himself. to lick him good
he THAT being the mild form Of retributiyt
be justice which they think should be visited
er upon children at school for every offence,
n. without regard to their dispositions, J
They do not counsel or advise their chill
f. d!en rs to how they should conduc. them
,e selves at school or anywhere else, and only
a punish them when in anger, when the
u punishment is almost invariably an I'M
/ merciful fogging, which always ends with
=" Now, will you ever do so again - and
= the answer, with a whimper, is always.
: ''N-no-O!'' which promise the child has
! no idea of keeping, nor does the parent
expect it to keep it. He will then dismiss
the child witil-''Well, you'd better mott
ana the air of man who has done his
whole duty. The child can commit the
same offence again with impunity until it
provokes its parent to anger, when the
same scene will be repeated. 1t is very
halu for teacher to get the idea instilled
INTO the minds of such children that thew
should be prompted to do right by sense
or honor instead of fear. by which only
they have been taught to obey their par
entS.
The third class is by far the hardest to
get along with. 1t is composed OF
those parents who always think that
Their children are perfect. If teacher at -,
tempts to please them, lie will make fail (,
IRE OF the school, for they will not be :,
pleased unless he shows marked partiali- '
ty for their children. They will, perhaps. :.
tell the teacher that they do not want their !
children punished at school, but to let v
them know when they do wrong. and they II
VIII settle them, but if a teacher should ' '
tell them of an offence committed by their Z
children, and the children should DENY it. '
they would believe them in preference to u
the teacher. Their children are ALWAYS y
martyrs at school. The rest of the u
children are all treated better by the teach II
er than they are. They arc imposed upon IL
on the playground. The teacher repri- o.
mands them for the same offence that he q
passes by unnoticed in the other children. o.
lie keeps them in at play time to study u
lesson that they recited a great deal better III
than others in their Gloss recited the same. u
ana whom he let play, etc. I'D iafnituna. III
Such are the stories that these perfect IN
children carry home to their parents. in 1t
whom they find eager and sympathizing tn
listeners. az
What hornets nest such stories of per- III
secution will raise AS general thing. Is
has the stories first. When e
fate'Jamilias comes home, her tongue VI
goes like bell-clapper. and in a voice in ne
Which there is no indication of consump- oa
ion she tells him Of their chldrens' ny
wrongs, and winds up with: 'Now. you pr
must go right up and give that - ny
chool teach sound thrashingr' The ah
lash stands for an adjective. which may ~
'e more or less forcible, according to her u.
The children of such parents
re taught to lie by their parents. They we
re idle and mischievous in school. They lig
re quarrelsome and overbearing in the 'll'
lay-grolnd, and if they are not checked. s'r
Vii DE constantly running to the teacher on
lth tales OF grievances that they have sal
lstained at the hands Of some of the IN
chOlars. sol
II parents wish their children to get the Una
III benefit OF school they should not ADJ
Duntenance ''tale bearing" They should or
phold the teacher before their children in ell
u that he does. OF course. the teacher the
Mould 1e person of unexceptionable de- .'e
ortment. And the parents should teach 'iit
he children to respect him. If parents sih
ave good reasons for believing teacher 'iaS
be in the wrong. they should 90 to him PEE
nj have private chat with him upon the any
'D)ect. and in nine cases out of ten the loi
'rong will be explained in satisfactory '''e
lanner. rec
Parents sboulJ ,sL thar ,,,;,a. pal
ons about the scboo, NJ H. 4"es ligI
'hipped who is the dullest boy the 40
'orst boy, etc., etc. but who rccited the eve
est lesson-how far along they are in aS'
ieir studies, ETC., etc. Such questions
ncourage them and excite in them desire
always bring a good report Of them !,
lives.
Parents should visit their school occa- tho
Onally to witness its workings. Such oon
sits will make the children feel that the ~.
'hool house is not beneath ones notice w..
lich feeling they are apt to entertain If No.
lere are never any visitors. They will w.,
lcite in the teacher a desire to always pre- hoo
mt the school in favorable light, which nl;s
III prompt extra cxertiOn on his part, t.l.
hich will be beneficial to the scholars. an,
At such a visit parent may see some ,r,.
feet in the management of the school. ,,oa
he does. he should always, in q proper TIA,
anner. draw the attention of the teacher o.
it, and suggest remedy. ar,,
beneficial to the school viii rs e i.
ways he gratefully received by teacher ed
40 is not full Of egotism--that Is, if they TOR
made in the proper manner. tms
a. J. LOVELY exn s