News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-03
Report of Teachers Examination.

l nave just finished looking over the papers
OF hity,Iwo candidates for teachers certif-
Gates. But OF this number a f least five wrote
just for the discipline, not really expecting to
stahd the renotest chance of obtaining GER
tlhcates.. VI the fifty-tWo fifteen received a
certificate of the second grade (good for two
years( I"ehty-one received certificates of
the thlrd grade (good for one year); two
received special permits, two others for GER
tam reasons, L have not vet decided
upon, and the rest failed utterly On the
"hole Gifls Is a very good showing. The eX-
amlnatlon as whole was a little more severe
thah the last There was marked improve
ment III the papers on Civil Government. In
Arithmetic the weakest point was decimal
IracGlohs, Not one in ten could solve cor
recutH ooGh OF the following, they would fail
on either one or the other frequentlv on
both: (a) Divide 96 ten-thousandths by 3S4
hundred -millionths; (b) reduce to a decimal
1854. One problem required for its solution
a correct ldea OF what we understand by the
term grand list" Not more than five could
solve this problem because thew had either
no idea at all or else only a vague idea of
what is ment hv. a mans grand list. Look it
up teachers. I1sNra1.mar the trouble was on
what is treated of in the last part of the
grammars we nave been using in our schools,
as voice. conjugatiOns safsing, etc.
There is every indication that there will he
teachers enough to supply the demand. and
therefore special permits will be less freouentIv
given than formerly.
Section So of the school law contains q
sentence with which l think some of our
teachers are not familiar | noticed that
there were several teachers at this examina
tion who hold certificates of the third grade
that are good for some time vet. | WOuId
advise such one to be sure he could Obtain
a certificate of the second grade or else wait
till his third grade certificate expired. and in |
the mean time study. The sentence referred
to is: "A person who has twice taken n COR
tificate of the third grade, and who has |
taught at least twelve weeks, shall not after |
ward be given a certificate of that grade - |
| have been asked by several teachers to |
name some book that would help teachers to |
answer such questions were on the paDer
entitled principles of Education. know of
no book so good as COmpayres Lectures on
Teaching, published by D. C. Heath & Co.
Boston. This book can be had for 81 80 at
the most and may be for less. | think | shah
ask the publishers to consgn me a few so
that can supply all who need the book. But
any one can obtain the book from the pub
ishers | wish every teacher could own this
book, and Princes Courses and Methods of
Teaching" published by CHM & Co. Boston.
Price rs cents. There is every Indication
that our teachers are improving They are
'eading. | am constantly getting letters of
INQUIRY concerning the best sources of infor-
nation | rejoice to see this desire to i'm
prove. If the people and the teachers ioin
lands in this matter our schools will soon
how the result of their united labor.
}. W. REDMOND, Supervisor.