Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-18
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Their oover.msss as Home ssd ~
school.

EDITOR GOLD HILL News: While
reading the many combinations OF
T. J.. Boohsr. Principal Of the First
Ward School Of this city. the idea 10
offer q few comments relative to the un-
ruly conduct Of many OF the pupils OF
all schools, and especially Of those Of the
schools Of this city. is suggested. How
In the name Of common sense car q
teacher govern some Of our homo edu-
GATED boys and girls OF this city : Why.
sir, Virginia has some Of the worst hood.
lums In her community and In her
schools that are In existence anywhere.
How can parents expect . teacher to
govern their children when they. as
parents, cannot control thsm2 One
half Of the youngsters Of this city (and.
am ashamed to admit. young girls,
too, for I have q tender regard for thsm)
are bosses OF their parents and act a.
they please. I often contemplate With
wonder and amszement the amount Of
intelligence possessed BY the rising gen.
Grafton In our midst when I consider the
limited-in some instances more than
worthless, and in others altogether want
ing home government under which
they live. The wonder 10 me Is, how
the teachers manage to achieve nine
tenths OF the amount OF success which
they do. A teachers calling. besides be.
ing O high and noble one. should secure.
because OF Its merits, profound and deep
gratitude Of both pupils and psrentsi OF
the latter more so. because Of their
fought to be) better judgment; yet the
calling IL one that 10 often rewarded With
gross inRratitude. Some may say the
teacher Is paid to do his duty-wsll. so
he is, which IL right and proper; oil en-.
ployes get no less-but every well taught
person knows that. apart from his pay,
there 10 o reward that carries Joy, pride
and encouragement to the heart OF one
who has honestly performed his duty
which money fails to do-that 10 praise.
commentator and deserved eulogy. 1t
IL q painful thought that any Of our boys
and girls land OF tho class that may not
be suspectsd) should be at subjects for
the Reform School. 1t Is q rule uni
versal that properly governed children
at home are well. behaved children ct
home, and IL no ut homo cannot fail to
DO 30 abroad. II does not admit OF Q
doubt that children who are unruly ct
school are beyond control at home.
Now, suppose such children are allowed
the same latitude ut school as OF home,
what thenf A teacher must be the kins
or queen OF his or her school room. and
should be able to exercise the best pos.
sibls control over the scholars; and to
him or her they should be taught ct
home to yield implicit obedience aud
show p%rofoundest respect. How well do
I remember, when q boy, being punished
at school. rather severely as / thought,
aud upon making complaint to my pa.
rents. expecting that they would take my
teacher to task for what, to my foolish
mind, seemed unjust treatment, / was
mildly but firmly told that / attended
school to acquire knowledge; that my
teacher was my master while OF school.
aud my duty was to obey him. Such
parents are real helps to teachers, and
teachers ars in return helps to parents.
When children are blessed with this
join; government, they as men and vo.
men prove our best scholars. md are
ornaments to q country. Cases OF
severe punishment by teachers are very
rare. Teachers are better judges OF the
conduct Of their pupils than any one
else. and the punishment they admins
ter is in q majority Of cases well de-
served; therefore. parents should not en-
courage their children to bring to them
reports against their teachers. Do they
ever 90 home and tell how badly they
have behaved Of schools Every parent
should have some knowledge Of his chill.
dren's demeanor, and parents should
know that their own children possess Q
little badness. Unfortunate children
are not always to blame for their unruly
conduct. Some parents are entirely IN.
capable Of governing themselves. How.
then, can they govern their children .
That such are parents 10 . misfortune
rather than o blessing. Let parents
unite with teachers in maintaining au-
thority at school, and they will hnd that
their task Of home government will not
be so difficult, and uice Versa.
OBSERVER.
VIRGINIA, February II, 1882.