The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-16
EDUCATIONAL.
D. A. MAHONEY. EDITol
An EDUCATIONAL cAIEc HISM

AN EDUCATIONAL CAIEc HISM
@. What is a school?
A. A place where children recite
what they don't understand and the
one that recites the most is marked
the-highest.
@. What is " per cent ?"
A. A gauge for the memories of
the pupils.
@. What is teacher?
A. One who holds the book to see
if the lesson has been got by heart.
Q. Could he recite what the pupil
does.
A. No, he forgot it long ago.
@. Who is the trustee?
A. The one who is supposed to I'M
derstand the school business, but don't.
@. What are the three RS?
A. Rote learning; Reciting or Rat
tan.
@. Is it necessary to learn useless
knowledge?
A. Certainly, a good examination
would not be possible otherwise.
@. Does the teacher have the right
of private judgment?
A. Not unless it tallies with that
of the Superintendent.
@. Who is the superintendent?
A. Man electei to draw salary.
Some go so far az to show the teachers
how to teach, but many Oh them could
not teach school Themselves in first
class style.
@. What is moral education?
A. Reading a chapter in the Bible
while the pupils think of something
else.
@. What is an important part of a
teachers duties.
A. Concealing his ignorance of a
subject.
@. What is another?
A. Trying to find out What the pupil
Knows.
@. Can schools be improved?
A. No; if they could it would be a
reproach to the teacher.
@. Who was Fr9bel?
| A. A German who played with
children and was justly called an old
fool"
@. Why so?
A. Because the teacher should dis
courage all play.
@. Who was Pestalozzi?
A. A Swiss who tried to break up
the plan of learning by heart things
that are not understood.
@. Did he fail?
A. Yes, his school broke down; he
did not make any money by it.
@. What should a pupil do al
school?
A. Sit still.
@. What knowledge is next in i'm
portance?
A. Learning to sit still.
@. What is an examination of a
school for?
A. To see how much can be learned
from 5 to Is that is of very little
value.
@. Should grammar be learned?
A. Certainly, it disciplines the
mind.
@. What is discipline?
A. Getting to be mechanical.
Q. Should scholars be interested?
A. 1t is not well; they are apt to
ask questions.
@. Does teacher need special
preparation?
A. Not at all; any one can teach.
@. Is there any need of reading
newspapers and getting general infor-
nation?
A. By no means; it will excite the
children; they must be kept quiet.
@. Does teacher need to study
educational works?
A. No; he needs only to be able to
read, write and cipher.
@. What is the Kindergarten
A. It is a great humbug; only it is
curious that people don't think so.
@. Is ventilation necessary in a
schoOl-room?
A. It is another new tangled idea
and only adds to the teachers labor.
@. What should teacher make a
cardinal principle?
A. To keep on the right side of the
trustee.
@. How about attending Institutes,
etc.
A. It is quite unnecessary; they
are only for the purpose Of giving some
conceited teacher chance to air his
knowledge.
@. What should teacher make a
rule of his or her life?
A. If man, he must get into some
thing better as soon as he can; if a
woman, to marry at the first OppOrtu-
nifty.
@. What is the Quincy system?
A. A plan that upsets the routine
ideas about school.
@. Who invented it?
A. Parker of Quincy.
@. What do teachers think of it?
A. The smart ones say they knew
all this before; the others are crazy to
study it.
@. Is the plan of having the schools
fit the pupil for life good one?
A. No; the school is mainly to
discipline and drill the pupils to pass
an examination.
@. Is there any humbug about all
this?
A. Not as loug as you are on the
nslde.-IedcherS' Institute.
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We usually leave it to doctors to recon-
mend medicines, but Parker's Ginger Tonic
has been SO useful in our family in relieving