Fair play., 1883-01-06
ls1E sENEvHvE. ao:strpRDaY, JANUARY
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Tie s:H55l; are In session in country.
and town an. the InatJiraar snfpo>iti6mn II
wyYfdb. t,tatsey-cry -n,-rlii. 1 issearn, .rIv.
interested in the success of. at leas. the
ON. ...sr,..sl..r Seh -. .6 wLlch his chill
drep form ,c.st. But. how. many pir:s
sats a..,1ialiy |pSssAss Sufficient interest
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yisits Il A,w,raa va zwiIi RsSay os1fs cy,,ry-s.l.,,L
,ern,. In s,,e for t6e m S..is,S. how .thsir
cI,;i1ran are sgbran c;nsin knowledge,
MA. In,,,.i q inf t.:iVe ia surroun,,iny
,s,.rn. or 70 m,kesnrp.hat they. .h:sye Ihe
sin,nnt.s.sf ras,i iifsiie ~haattila conditions
warm faaf' cool head, and a suificiens:y,
of whole slrsas HIN nanslot those
paYes,t.s " io fajk tp-yisIt the :,cipolrfom
EeScusinr She.nselya by~avar, 40. 1
can tell weilscnsig h,w. school is pros
per;u, AwithouRass,p;n.rs - = there
m ny of th.ss, tlSexLe. trouble .eren 70
nphold the. teacirer.s -istluenee at their
own f;ra;iles instefIraf aiding in. IT'S
overthrow You cannot mean me-.
SAYS one: II nevx. aspd,! kas Will ssl,oo,
lss, ssrs oue My or another" ..'tfyou'
SsEs; f.. ,s.s :: sss pass.s ips4rs.,5sns % tn:
insls Of interest," Mi your olive plants
aterof the thr!ftv:.srowing, wide-awuke
kin.l. and ars saCss,siSnla.l to have mamma
interest hc.st.if.zin setreir. affairs. then.
sct6op affairs Win not form an exception
TO sae rule. Nor should they. That
parent who. asserts complacantly. II
never listin to tales about school. and
therefore thinks she has done all that is
required Of her, comes very far short of.
possessing sthe night kind of interest. in
school affairs. lfchildren are interested
Of this work at home ~ natur-
ally as sparTows chirp or robins sing.
AoS, Skaaii il. he ysursSsel. Ihc moth
er scXprcsscd delight at work " III done.
her sorrow and regret nj failure. will
often help TIE good work along far more
than the parcnt is aware Nor is this
less the ease in matters of discipline. A
gentle. - am so sorry You should have
deserved it if Your child has been pun
ihed, is fafbet& Dr;Ai soncerid than
a ffrafe agaiiiSr The teaS!ier.. Ton often
prompted BY that spirit Of egotism that
can neS,g. sec 6e& &SHX4 Eachbirds TO be
anything but whitd.. Or II it is another.
that has been pnnishe1, the mother ! Il
hope, ms dear. it may meyer. be yon.
or.r - can but funk it . disgrace. to be (:
pHnished at schooa-it seemst0 me good
boys and girls are not likely TO be- or
words OF similar import, c:tnn0t fail to
have their influence upon the child de-
pertinent in schoni.
On the other hand, that parent who
responds to her child entIiusa s;ic pratt
tie bv pettish. Il wish Won would drop
The school room when You leave It," or
who speaks in a critical or sarcastic
manner of the teacher or workings Of
the school l--who gives vent befosc her
children to expressions of disapprOval or
dislike that parent, whether aware Of
it or not, is tlesnoliShing as fast as pOssi-
BILE the teacher influence and authority.
so far as her own special brood is con.
cerned. Often far more tritlinT express
sions on the part of the parent are suffi-
cient to set pupil against teacher all
through a term OF school. A knowin.
glance from the father or mother to
some other member of the family. curl
of the lip rs the child tale is told; these
are quite sufficient to give these '.little
pitchers their ..cler and set them on
the ..rebeI' side.
Go into any school-room and point out
those pupils that seek continually to
evade the teachers rules-look upon her
as a tyrant rather than a helper and
instead of according her that
respectful courtesy which is her due,
treat her with contempt; and will poin,
out to YOU, without great danger Of mis-.
take, those firesideS where the teachers
authority. il not tradrlced, at least is not
upheld. Itis sreally wonderful how blind
parcnts sometimes are on this point
blind not only to a sense of Justice, but
To their own and their chillren's best
interests as we'll. How often the really
capable. scrupulous teacher thinks, in
her inmost soul: ..If hal the chilireu
only to MANAGE. how easy it would beI,
ifcomplaints come of cruelty and in
Justice and negiect (as they often will,
alone with the rest of the school TALK, |
them. remembering that a child's reason