The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-10
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

/. w men ChllulCn are present SIN |
hours a day, has the teacher any right /!
to keep them after school to study and |
make good imperfect lessons?
Answer. The teacher has no right |
legally or morally to retain pupils after
school and compel them to study |
When the children are present the entire
day it is the business of the teacher to
govern them and keep them at work.
Study should, as far a. possible, be
made agreeable aud pleasant; it should
not be made punishment; when it IS
| forced upon the puI lis, as a punish
mcnt, il becomes distasteiul and il
considered IL drudgery instead of II
| pleasureable search for knowledge.
This method of punishment is generally
resorted to by inexperienced teachers,
and is the outgrewth of injudiciOus
rules enacted by the teacher. One
keeps pupils after school, or at recess,
for whispering, where it is the teachers
business to have no whispering;
another enacts rule that "any pupil
who misses two words i'm the spelling
lesson shall remain after school," The
quick, energetic pupils run over the
lesson aud know il, while others study
hard-threc or five times as hard as
|
tcacner-but fall below the required
standard, and are kept in, not because
= they did not study hard, but because
they could not do the work. Pupils
s should receive praise and credit for
| what they actually do in the way OF
hard study-diligcnt application.
: : Can director act rs district clerk
: under s3GtiOn ,0l2t
frhn district clprk NAV hC
, or may not be a member of the board
it is better that he should not be
t member, then, in the event the bOart
:, desires TO change the clerk, 1t can b
y done without any friction; again tho
= board can find some young man o
:, woman who is n good penman all,
3 bookkccpcr, in the district, who woul
q willingly do the work for ten dollar
l. per snnum.
3. Does district become disorgan
al lied by its failure, tor several years,
y elect directors and maintain a school
Dr. Answer--It does not. TerritOr
~ once organized cannot become unor
l. ganized territory. The directors hol
'd their office until their successors al
'r qualified, SO that they can at any tim
1t send in an estimate for 40 cents to ru
r. a school; and should they not do 81
they lay themselves liable by sectio
as 7 .O66 to prosecution and fine; and sue
distrIct-whiIe having no school
loses its stale, county and townsh
eu funds
nd 4. Should a district levy only
a cents school tax and maintain u publ
b. school for only three months III Il
al school year, is such district entitled
is any part of the public school funds! !
Answer-lt is not. The constitute
lot and the law requires that each dlstri
shall have 1 months school i'll the ye,
lot and empo ~ers the board to levy
cents on the 500 assessed valuation
III raise sufficient funds 10 maintain I
ell same. The only case i'll which q
an tricl is entitled to any part oil the sta
NJ county and township moneys when II
mp than months school Is taught,
oil when tax of 40 cents Is levied by [
ds. board Tor "sChOul purposes anu INT
aiI amounts, i'll the aggregate, VIII I
Ter sustain four months school, the &C
RS stitution provides that such dlStr
ID shall receive its proportional part p
al vided it maintains Il school Tor TN
rial months.
III 5. When is voter required to be
led taxpayer?
AusWer-In only one case; when
lnd is proposed TO increase the tax
or. "school purposes'-i. c., for teach
be and incidental funds-above 40 ce
no on the 800 assessed valuation OF
tor district only those who are residents
ind the district, taxpayers within the {
III trict and qualified voters, are EMIT
ltal to vote. On all other proposition
voter is only required to be resld
ike of the district and qualified to vote
that day for state and county ONCE
ted 6. What constitutes the lurisdicl
of the teacher, as relates to time d
vs.: limitation of school grounds!
irs, Answer-The supreme court, III
ON, Mo, 4S5, decides that the board
OF the right to make rules and re2ulatl
one governing the conduct OF the child
nch on the school ground and on the II
;ent to and from school. 1t would be v
Dps, tor every teacher to examine that
ron cision. Any good lawyer can fnrn
fac Won the volume to examine the case
U Z. Can teacher compel pupils
on; saw wood, build fires, carry water
He'd sweep the tloorsf
ncel Auswer-The teacher has no g
az authority. The wise and Judlcl
J, | teacher can, by a request, get all til
OF done if necessary, but he cannot CT
nd; Del pupils to 90 such work; they
ors, not sent TO school for that purpc
ID .'they are sent to school for two I
ID poses: (a) To apply themselves q
md; gently to the work in hand, and 60
Mt. submit cheerfuIiy to wholesome dl
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