The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-20
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g. sCLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
TEACHERS HELPS.
CONTINUED.
Ia writing Of helps in the school room,
we refer principally to- the primary
schools forsif the work in these is done
Il as &c should be, the work of the teacher
ia the high school will be an easy task.
We will Say very little of the school
i building our School Commissioners has
q from time toItime referred to this sub
j jjsct,: and ne will only empasize what he
sshas So often said Tho children of Andes.i
/ 1 son County deserve comfortable, attractive
school houses. Ifthis matter were in the
power: the children, instead of that Of
sSsstha ,,areats, I'VE should see q decided
change throughout the County. The
dilapidated, ncomfortable objects ealled
school houses would disappear, and in
their places ne would find neat and.
attractive buildings. These tumble: down
structures are not so numerous Dom as
formerly, but there is no reason, We should
meet with "a single one. There is nat 9
neigh borhood in. our County too poor to
build: their children good school house.
Let the inside of the building be made
Il as attractive as possible BY means of
4 flowers, pictures, &c. And nowsWe come,
to the point of discussion practical
helps First fall get q Reading Chart.
For the primary teacher this is almost
Indispensable. If the Trustees and
parents will not furnish one for the.
school, and you do not feel able to buy
one yonrself, make one. This is not such
difficult task as you think, and it will
s. 8. Tepsy you hundred.fold for the time
sand labor required to makeit. We are
glad 1to know that most Of the schools in
!; la our County have been provided by the.
Trustees with these charts; it was money
widely invested.
We read with surprise, few weeks
ago, the statement made in ore of our
County papers BY 5 person who should
know, fit be true, that the use Of these
charts had been abandoned in many Of
the schools. Now, We would sincerely
hope the person who made that state.
4 ment was misinformed. But suppose it
siisftrue, whose fault is lit? Certainly not
8 the fault Of the Trustees, for it is one OF
the best things they have ever done for
the County the testimony of all who
/. re rightly used these charts will sustain
Z this assertion. Neither is it the fault of
the children, for the experience Of thou
Z sands of teachers is that children are
invariably pleased with the chart lessons.
Now, ne all know that. if the children
are pleased and make good progress, the
parents will be satisfied; sosWe conclude
sit is not the fault Of the parents. It must
surely be the fault Of the teacher. Ifsucb
:be the Gaze, We would say to such 8
teacher. you are sighting your best
friend when you allow that Reading
Chart to be set aside as useless. Use it
I as it should be used, and it is fully equal
SO an assistant. We know from personal
experience their value and help. Don't
Sbe satisfied with half way work, but learn
Its full use. and only experience can
show the finite variety of lessons you
may teach from it. But we know of sew ]
eral schools in sonr County where these
charts are used and appreciated, and in
these it is pleasant to note the interest
shown BY the little ones in school work.
We have heard of one instance where the
parents objected to the chart, on the
ground of not believing in these ne,a soays.
Z The tescher was wise, and instead of
openly exposing them, simply asked to bs
allowed to teach one class from the Chart,
and promised, if, after trying it for 3.
! term, they were still in favor OF the old
time ,eays, he would set aside the chart,
This was done. and to day those parents
consider the ..new tangled chart" the
: most important. piece of furnitue in that
school room. We could mention other
Instances which go to prove that much of
the opposition on the part Of parents
arises from ignorance Of these so called
new ways. They are not new; they are
( not mere experiments. They have been
8 tested in thousands of school rooms for
wears, and are with US to stay, SO the
sooner we, as teachers, learn their proper
use, the better will we be fitted for our
work. Its Of no uee to say "the old ways
were good enough" ExperieESe proves
they are not. By the oldAB Q meth
DDS at least two years Of the childs life
I. Was opent in learning what they may
with these new methods be taught in less
I. than a year. If, after faithful trial Of
these modern methods, any patrons still
prefer the t.old time ways" they should
) forthwith endeavor to be equally consist
ent in all respects, viz: discard Sewing
Machines, Reapers, Cotton Gin, Cooking
Stoves, Steam Thresbers, Newspapers,
and seek, as resident Physician for
that neighborhood, one whose only
means of relieving human pain are an
ancient lancet and bottle of calomei. 90
in defense of Reading Charts.
Equally useful is Writing Chart,
though if you have a good blackboard
you can, in measure, dispense with It.
Then Numeral Frame for the little
o,oo bore again YOU may use little