The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-22
Things to BIO Remembered by Teachers.


Things to be Remembered by Teachers.
by VIM. sanbom.
Remember to practice what you preach.
Remember that example Is better than
preccpt
Remember to teach students how to
study.
Remember to DO kind, but Arm in the
right,
Remember that thoroughneSs Is better
than gold.
Remember daily to put yourself in the
pupils place!
Remember to take sunshine and not
gloom into your RchOolroom.
Remember that your pupil Is to become
q man and not parrot.
Remember that mental discipline Is
more desirable than knowledge.
Remember that you cannot secure at.
tcntion by demNndingit.
Remember to use none but the highest
motives in all your work.
Remember that politics and sectarianisnl
must not interfere at all with school work.
Remember that quality and not the
quantity Is the great desideratum In teach
Ing.
Remember to trust pupils as far as pos
Sble, that they may become trustworthy Citi
Gems.
Remember at each days close 10 submit
yourselfto critical examination and cor
rection Of faults.
Remember that an attempt to perform
many things at ono time Is likely 10 result
In confusion and failure.
Remember that attention and though
arc almost impossible In poorly ventilated
room.
Remember that there may DO a few
things In this wide and busy world tina
you do not know Of
Remember to be strictly honest in al
things and at all times, and let tho Conse
quenccs be what they may. .s..
Remember that others would esteem yot
Just us highlyif you would employ q proxy
TO sound your own praiises.
Remember that where there Is littlt
thought or a strong desire for popularity
there is apt to be much talking.
Remember, directors, that you have {
duty to perform TO your teacher as well n
to your school and 70 your district.
Remember that young pupils advance BY
the interesting employment OF their abund
ant activities, and not by study.
Remember to use the pronoun we in
stead Of you, whenever practicable, in Civ
Ing advice and In reminding Of duty.
Remember that in1uisitivness in pupils
should be encouraged and iudiciouslJ
directed and should not be rspfessed.
Remember that tho profession OF teach
Ing Is life.work, which demands YOU
nOblest effort, your profoundeSt thought
your life consecrated.
Remember, patrons, 10 visit your schools
frequently and 10 manifest q vital interest
in tie educational work in your district.
Remember that mere intellectual educa.
ton, without moral instruction and cul
ture, Is rulnous 10 both the individual and
the State.
Remember that the laws Of health must
10 observed before the greatest degree
Of mental activity can be secured.
Remember that wnnt Of clearness and
ConCiseness In expression Is generally
caused by vagueness Of comprehension.
Remember always that your pupils are
human beings, and need your warnest
sympathy and tue results Of your most
careful thinking.
Remember 10 impress Upon your pupil
The great Importance oil obeyihg, Ia spite
Of opposition, the dictates Of an enlightened
conscience.
Remember that the pupil intfusted Il
your charge is not vessel 10 be ctainmet
With the mere knowledge, BUTTS soul L
DO developed into perfect man or woman
Remember that all men who work intel
ligently and voluntarily are actualad b,
some sort OF motives. What incentives Il
study do you employ In your teaehing7
Remember that the very best Of PROBES
stonal ability Ia absolutely requisite In tn
! lower ranks Of teaching, In the ptimaf,
, department.
Remember that there Ia no development
and discipline without exercise, and tina
The pupil must perform this exercise, an,
: hot tho teacher Tor him.
Remember that the responsibility oil III,
school teacher is not inferior 10 that Of tn
minister Of the Gospel; the teacher mould
The plastic mind, tue minister insttticts III
|, reasoning mind.
+. Remember that tho teacher should b
4 The least noticeable feature Of a recitation
/ and the pupils energies should be engage
o In an investigation Of the subject, and no
In admiration Of the teachers efudllion Il
OF elocutlonaty ~ powers.