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Educational Department.
Wasted Time.
7. BROWNE. EDITOR.

LHow full of meaning IS the
z<above ? Time that might have
& been used in acquiring something
that would he Of great use to 6
person to be spent in idleneSs is 6
serious thought.
There is a great deal Of differ
ence in the results of wasted time
depending to a very great extent
upon the business a person IS en-
gagged in.
Perhaps to no class ofpersons will
this apply more appropriately THAI
to the teacher, who has the training
and disciplining Of his pupils IL
order to fit them to fill the highest
destiny to which they are called
1t is my purpose to enumerate
a few of the ways in which teach
ers waste time, and every one by
reflection can discover quite q
number Of other ways
1st. Ignorance in organizing
classes. To some this is a dlfi'
cult matter inasmuch as they
need experience. Experience is the
groundsill of success and without
it a teacher Will lose more or less
time. A teacher, in beginning his
career or in pushing his work,
should have a definite purpose in
view. He should possess scholar
ship and he should exercise good
Judgment in his disposition oft.
1t is impossible for a physician
to properly diagnose and treat a
case. Of sickness unless he is skilled
in the symptoms Of the disease
and the medicines needed to restore
the patient to a healthy and Wig
orous life. With a teacher he
must understand the studies ; the
order in which they should come
and be a good Judge of human na-
ture. This means a great deal.
but anyone who has taught and
has any experience Will know that
the different varieties Of intellect
with which he has to deal will
also require variety of ways to
develop it and the treatment that
would be applicable to one child
would be altogether Of different
compartments. talents and di$po-
sitionsy
2a6. Inability to get a pupils
attention. This is a subject that
perhaps each teacher can solve for
himself better than can be done by
pen. .
4 would give as the most pointed
definition the following: The pupils
lack of confdencein in the teacher. An
animal will not hunt an empty
stall, neither will a pupil give his
undivided attention to d teacher
who is so superficial in his know
ledge that he feels he cannot be
properly instructed.
If. a teacher is energetic, knows
what he teaches thoroughly AID
will present the subject matter Of
the lesson in an attractive manner
he very seldom has to complain
of the inattention Of his pupils. I
cannot refrain from throwing out
few remarks just here about
what call ''book teachers" Their
knowledge Of the subject they
teach is so very meager that they
are compelled to keep the took
before them constantly, and were
they to part with it would be al
most as fiat as the pupil. There
is great deal depending upon
which one is in front of the book.
A teacher who was remonstra-
ting with little fellow who could
not answer a question was very
forcibly reminded that shGe coulG
-n6C uuite~it The book were closed
There is much truth in this ant
it would be well for every teacher
to reflect upon it. Text books are
only guides and he who adhereE
strictly to them will find that he i:
not setting an example of the re
search after knowledge that he
should.
Whenever a teacher can close hi:
text book and teach a subjec
thoroughly to his class, he can ther
hope to inspire in them the love fol
study that they will sooner or later
S give him their undivided attention
The perceptive faculties Of a chile
are very acute, and it does not take
It long to find a teacher out.
IF a teacher gains pupils con
fdence ne has secured his respect
energy and attention. Ifhe loses
this confidence he has lost attention
aad contributed to the pupils idle
ness. Some other ways Of minor
imDOrtanca in which teachers waste