Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-17
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i"r school ieacher.- The proper -.
uon Of youth IS Of the highest imnor,.'--
botn 20 themselves and the commnnitv L.."T
lhe natural means Of preserving religion - 4
virtue aud the earlier good instrnct;ons ~
given, The more lasting must thew nrovs arc
To deny children instruction seens =. -
ha'urhl As 70 withhold from them their n.,.,,
safy subsistence. And the excellent nlsn p.
which education is conducted in this eon,,,'
by the establishment Of SO many rest-s,tat, ,
schools brings instruction to the yerv doc
as 70 were Of all classes in society; ana ,bera
Tore, renders ignorance quite inexcusabI.
Attending constantly Ut school is the graz
hinge on which the whole machine az e5s,-
ton turns. Nothing tends more 10 re,sr5
the progress OF youth, than lettering disn,
silIon upon the part OF pupils, especially who,
couniendhced hy parents, who ought never IN
iet their commands run counter 10 the reason.
aOle commands OF the teacher; but wh,tevsr
task he assigns to be done at home tbe.
sh"nld be careful 10 see IT performed extctly
M order 10 keep their children ont of idle,os.'
as well as to promote their progress.
Parents should eude1vor to be sensible or
their children detects and want of renips
and not to blame the teacher, when his orc,,
est skill with some, viii produce but a small
degree Of Improvement But the misfortune
Is, that "a fond mother, though her son be NJ
an ungoverntb,e temper, will not ssrutda 10
say, lie Is meek child and viii DO NOR
with q 'rDrf lhau Il bi9tr wten neither word.
nor blows are of any avail
Some children are Ola very dun ana heavy
disposition, aud are a iong time ia acauirin,
but little learning; aud yet their parent !
deem them as susceptible Of improvement AS
those Of the most bright IN promising paris
and, when it happens that they improve In
slowI5 though IN proportion TO their abilities
they are hurried about from school 60 scb,or
tIil ut last they lose that share Of le,rnin
which, hy rem lining at the same school. The
might have been masters o. Such parents ~
semblc a sick but imps tient man, who EN-
plols physician to cure him of his maL,dy
and then, because the dstemper requires time
as well AS skill, to produce health. tells him
he has all along taken a wrong methodi turn
him OIL aud then applies 10 another, whom he
requites in the same manner; and thus pro-
ceeds, till the distemper become incurabIe
Children are very apt TO carry home, and
report TO their parents, what they see and
hear at school, and often more than truth.
and some parents are found weak enough to
believe them and even to encourage them i
iAtuNt luOot lilSuutltl5 ltlluin2a DttMeeu OAR
eats and teachers, which are sometimes car
ried so high, that the parent in presence of
his child, will reproach the teacher with hard
names and abusive language, to the utter ruin
OF his child education and improvement. If
parents would have their children improve in
their education, they must cause them to sub
nit 20 the little imaginary hardships OF the
school, and support them under those, by SUIT
able encouragement. They should not fail
out with the teacher upon every idle tale, nor
allow, much less encourage, their children 10
speak to his disadvantage, but rather impress
on them frequently, and by all means, that
they ought to be good boys, to attend to their
books, to be always Obedie1t to their teacher,
and that, if they are not, they must undergo
correction II is very observable What har-
mony is between the teacher aud scholars,
when the latter are taught 10 have good
opinion Of the former; with what ease does
the scholar Learnt with what pleasure does the
teacher communicate! But the great misfor-
tune is that while the teacher endeavors to
keep peace, good harmony, and friendship
among his scholars, they are sometimes taught
the reverse ut home 1t is indeed but too
common for children to encourage one anOth-
er. aud 10 he encouraged by their friends in
savage aud brutal contention, and to count 1t
a hopeful sign OF mettle to give the last blow,
if not the first, whenever they are provoked;
forgetting that for children to love, aud 70 be
atlecuorate TO one another, may have the hap
pest influence on thtir future lives.
Add to this, the cruel delight which some
are seen to take in torturing such psor ant
mails and insects as have the misfortune to tall
into their hands Children should not only
he restrained from such uarbarities, bat should
be trained up from the crude with An dbhor-
ence OF them, and at the same time Oe taught
that golden rule Of Humanity, 70 ID 10 othera
as ,ce roaidtlcg shouid do toHs."
It is highly necessary that youth should be
early mide sensible OF the scandaliot telling
hes To this end, parents must linculcate
upon them betimes that most necess Try virtue,
- the eirtae qfspeakig The trMh, aIpne OF the
arG As he foundstion ssstsrsr mot,r sAsas.Sl1
What is here rem trked respecting Tue edu-
cation Of boys, is equally aprAraD9t TO girls.
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