Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-30

JOHN B. SCOTT, EDITOR.

1 Ed0cafaonal Column.
JOHN B. SCOTT, EDITOR.
In certain school IN Southeast Mis-
souri, tiaoronghness was not practically
whetlier theoretically We DO not knowl
the maxim 0f the teachers. Rushine
pupils through books was the practice.
This Of course was popular or It would
not have been done. A young LADY
who had for two or tlarce years been I /,
pupil Of the school thought she Wa
sufficiently advanced 70 "teAeh the
young idea how to shootn q sha had
completed the common branches and
several Of the higher including ales.
bra and rhstoric. She applied 70 the
school commissioner E,r certificate %
teach school. One Of the question:
asked her vas. "What are the vowsIsfs
Her answer was. 80. O. !. o. and sOms-
times she 1t and they" IL b unneces-
sary to state this mixture OF grammar
and orthography in her answer to
question in orthography was the r.
suit fthe rushing system.
Hoy can that interest mentioned 10
last weeks paper. indispensable 10 the
success Of any school. be mapifested
by patrons? By visiting the school,
by questioning pupils about what they
study, by requiring them to bring
their reading books home once or
twice . week to read aloud what they
have read in school. BY having them
bring their copy books and blank bonks,
written work, for your i'm
spection by making them feel that
what the teacher requires ought to be
done cheerfully and promptly. Child
rem need much encouragement In their
school work and il parents do not give
It who can be expected to do %? A
little one. or perchance a big one. comes
home after having triumphed over
some difficulty in some of his studies
and joyfully tells his victory to his pa
rents. Instead Of rejoicing with him
when he comes to tell his success, he
hears, ..Gst away from here! Go aud
get in your woodm ors'whatever the
parent may wish done, II am too busy
% hear what yon have done in school,
WRITING WITH BEGIN
NERs.
Most teachers will agree with me,
when | say there is . difIlculty Ia pre-
'enting the subject In IN altractfve and I
-
Which We 1t 06Enbat againSf. are.
he limited svocabuiaries Of our pupils,
heir lack of general knowledge and
lislike of the name composition. To
overcome the first difliculiies, We must
,egin will, The pupils acquired knowl-
'dge and extend and widen Il; cultl-
rate language by using language.
: With pupils beginning the study OF
.ramnlar. give them dictation exer-
ises Of different kinds; see to IL that
hey copy correctly. after copying look
,ver their work carefully. for first work
4 this kind any rsader In use In school
> good enough; iii dictation exercises
all the pupils attention to capital let
ers, punctuation marks aid speIIinR.
Vary your exercises from reading les-
ons to short sketches from histories:
change your exercises from
location tn original work.
An excellent plan II to have them
vrits the reading IAssOns IN story form.
) their own words; ten Them an oc-
asionai stor.r 70 reproduce at next les
on or recitation. The matter OF the
tories may be OF . historical nature or
. moral nature; In either case they
re calculated to bc instsuctivs. We
aust avoid In MI these exercises long,
ifYicult words, or such apao not readi.
! convey meaning t6aiiahe pupIls.
vhen the pupils do we'll give them .
ue amount 81 praise. Grsds their ex-
rcises. giving them grades such ~ be-
inners should have. not such as ad-
anced pupils deserve. OCCASIONALLY
ave some member of your GLASS road
Is production before Tho class; Il win i
ave good eject. 1semember In all
his work that Il 10 with children with
1hom you are dealing-not finished
'riters aud 9 bmpO Osers-therefore deal
you will find your pupils
rowing steadily aud surely in compo-
ition work. "A. Y. HAMILTON.
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