The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-29

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Through the kindness OF the ediio
this column IL set spsr for school pns
poses, and the articles published beio,
are complied or written at the con M
supsrintendeDt's Office. for the advance
msnf Of the schools.
Suggestions 10 Young Teachers
Concert recitation. 1t might be vel
for teachers 10 exercise care 10 this work
AZ . rule, the best pupils lead the cias
IN the answers. and get the benefit o
the recitation. Misspeilsd words. mia
pronounced words, unsolved probIem
passed with possibly . spelling. pronun
cistion or solution from another pupi
or the teacher Don't do that Max.
the pupils bring these up q the mex
recitation. Expisin fully al poinfs IN
the lesson not understood BY the pupi
and require him TO recite on these the
next recitation IL the teacher require.
this Of each pupil daily snd gives Z
proper explanation Of the new lesson g.
-igned, broken grades and turnback.
will soon be things Of the past. The
teacher Who 10 constantly prompting OF
assisting HE pupils il not only robbing
them OF the time. bot is growing ID
them hsbi,s which will retard their fu.
ture progress Teachers repeating ~.
swers after pupils Teachers not a3pre-
cisting efforts of their pupils. Don'i
expect TOO much Of the pupil If they
do the best they car aud don't come up
70 your expectation don't ridicuIe them
Teachers marking lessons in pupil.
books or remembering the lessons for
the pupils. Don't do these. Teach tho
pupils 10 remember when told once. II
will BE- much better for them and YOU
too. Requiring pupiIs to repeat The last
word OF sentence because they do not
let the voice fall II the period II re-
Quired 10 repeat. the whole sentence
should Be used. Pupils doing no written
work Pnpils writing every other day.
POpiIs reading but little. IL any, OF their
written work. Pupils not trying 70
write or read writing. tecsuse they hsd
not learned. P0pils not given enough
work, especially in chart, first and sec.
ond readers- Each Of these Glasses
should b required 10 read part or the
lesson from the board q the time OF reci-
tssion, and when excused from the cIsss
to copy the same from the board. Be-
tween their recitstions. trisngles, rect
angles. number and other work should
be placed on the board for them. Make
their recifstions shorter and give them
more OF them. and there will be no 0c-
casion for turning them loose betweenI
infermis>ious- In my opinion onI,
about one school in ten Il given enough
board work. Better do more board and
less text book work; more explsiningl
and iess solving problems Teschersl
solving problems. pronouncing words.
work or watching other
pupils while pupil IL reciiing. Dontl
do this The pupil loses his interest inI
The recitation whenever be sees tbel
teacher 10 interested in something else.
Teachers giving up after one or two ef-I
foris 10 overcome On Objectionable fea-l
lnre- Dont give up trying to do What
yon know ought to Be done. Grow iDtol
lbe pupils nature what you know heI
needs, IL you cant get Il there any other
way. Teachers placing pupils on their
honor. This will do il the teacher seesI
hat they maintain their honor and pre-
'erse their dignity - pupils: otherw ice.
{ will not. Teschers scoiding or threat
.ning. TO secure better order or morel
tUds. Teachers storming or threaten |,
ng after rebuking or Furnishing pupils II
Don't do this II destroys the good that
night have come from the rebuke or
Teachers sending saucyI
answers in reply TO requests or sDgges-
ions from parents. Don't dc that
Make the most OF the suggestions, end III
'Ou cant comply With the request orl,
uggession don't abuse the parent Tor Of
ering it, IN few cases teachers bsvell
allied school early ~ iate to suit other
commenced . few min-Il
ltes after. or closed few minutes before
ime; shortened the noon or recess in "A
rider 10 get out that much earlier givenIs
few minutes more than the time sIot-
ed 10 noon and recess These things
nust not continue. In almost every die
rict somebody IL watching the time oflt
be teacher. The house and school
rounds hsi received specisI attention
rom the teacher st nearly every point Il
listed this term think the work
vith few exceptions has been saiisfac-
ory 70 parents and ofYicisls- Shall welc
II try TO better the work each day!
In some respects . farmers life il fbels
nost nearly independent businew iD
vhich men can engage; the farmer is 81.
1ost king within his own domain "
hat the farmer needs business educs-
lon Il evident from the complex nature 8
Z bic Affairs. He is : producer. . ssIes-
IAN, . msnsger. financier. al In one,
10 needs 20 Be- IN sccountsnt. . book =
eeper. : calculator, judge OF the indi- lc
asions Of the market and systemsiixerl
Z detsils For this reason boys who in :
md 10 farm should attend school ss,n
ing . possible.
Conviction, were u never 90 excellent.
worthless till Il convert itself into N
,nduct- -CsriyIe-