The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-02-18
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a man must serve hi, :Hru at "rrry tr"h''
-.,v cr,,pgc-- crit,r, An rr.ui! n'"'''
C,r,,ui.si,ncr Townsend will not hni MS
rir,h =, bed of roses The family of fauN-hh"'
crs is u very extensive one and aS various "' "a
tcnsivc. There is nothing about whic" P''r'e
KIN Nv 50 much ami agree 50 little AS no" " ''"'
dine, =, school or how to locate a school house
never knew Il ncighborhood, however peace'o'
il may have been formerly, that didn Hare "P
on the location Of Il school house OF 'H'
of q teacher Everybody expects to D. S''''"''
and everybody is disappointed, anu 10" '
actly know why it is 50.
,:,,r of the best schools that have ever ocV'
in this County were kept III log
~ country churches and prcerdc' over y!
scholars and teachers ~ kingsboro"S"' '""'
,lowncy. John Leland Kennedy, "aS""' >'''
bv q. Donnel. Williams, Sayc, James 'oh'" "'''
,. ,h,r. There is more i'll the tca'"c'
o..b,,lb,usc, AMI however lmr"r-
,,,,, :, may be to have IA comfortable mousse '"'
teacher is, or should be, the nr't co"S''''"''''
pcorlc must he brought up to the co"''i'''"
! ,r what an education is worth before 'hc1 ''''
hc Induced to invest their money IN c"uc'''o"'
Tho rrcat fault amon5 our Southern re"p'e
! is that they always set their pegs too "'a"'
/ 'rbrv bcriu Oh a grand scale and when inc mon"
cv rivcS ont they get ont Of heart and give up
! =; Ii.,,ust How many school houses, no"
county stand ""N"ishct
| on this account?
The first duty il to get good teachers \ good
| teacher will build up II school aul a school house,
while a poor teacher will undermine both i'll q
very short time.
Aul talking about COOL teachers brings up
the question, ''what makes n good teacher -
| 1t not mere learning. nor discipline, nor moral
character, nor charity; nor sympathy, nor n
! Il knowledge of human. child nature, but all Of
these. The teacher should understand the wants
! of his patrons, the character and capacity of his
, pupi!S, the home influences which Surr"Unl
them, an their peculiar tcmpcramcnts. This is
harl bill to ill, it muSt b. alniitcl bat it is
ucvcrth less true. However that may he, II is very
, important that in our common schools we should
have teachers competent to teach tho clement
AIRY branches. i. G., spelling. reading, writing aud
the common rT,cS of arthmeic prOpcrly-anl
"!In we say properly mean carciully. IL
spelling AMI prpnunciarinn is carclcssy taught
in the Common school, il will stick to u mau all
| through college. 10 the cal of his life he
will be fighting against it. 50 with reading
How few persons can be fuunl, even among the
educated, $50 callcl) who can read mtclligi-
bly,. During the wa:, when in times OF great
excitement a newspaper was received, contain =
mc thrilling details trom the seat OF war, tn crc
could not be found a man in the crowl who
would not blundcr over its dispatches. Reading
Is among the fine arts ii good reader i pub
lie blessing in Community. And -, we might
add, with arithmc;ic. Ii boz is not taught
the principles Of nun bcrs his learning will be
Of l;'lc use to him in after life. tie may
bun Ter through Pike. Davies, sanders ANA "A
dozen others. an,l know very li,tc about it. /.
Is tp1 much the custom in SchDuis to push tie
puri!s :Orwa! l--o:tcn lone by the teacher in
"ricr to tighten his labprS, by classifying them
often lone to tickle the parents ambition Ivy
! the rapid progress Of the child This is AL de-
~.k~N. ",~"s ,,"t s,,v'ta ~, Upurvmnvu.
MIR. Townsend will fni it no easy matte. to
give s',isftctiou. What mry please one nci III
bar,nr'l will nnt s,t,t another. There :,r, <u,uc
pcop'c who never will he rica<cl their harli-
mcsS consists in taliut f.uIt with others and in
making themselves li,c,utcn,cl wiz! any stu.
a;i,n Leave them - their idols aul
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