Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-12

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fa-s weJI-rrasrses s3t rer.ec. know
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due IN r4s-: - ~ careless. .ts!s-h5.s ideas
snt me, ha-3s = teachers. sna the5z d.
s:-e q ss--r5ay rusA the scholars sion. -
a.to maxi visible show. and because
parents. often ignorant Of the text book.
studied. Judge Johns progress ty tae
distance Travelled have frequently
found scholars who had been nearly
through the complete arithmetic who
could no, write down mum ers tbs,
reached into the billions. measure A Pile
Of wood. correctly tell why the divisor :
inverted when dividing bv fraction. or
had real srssn Of nercentspe not 10
sneak Of the numerous other 81 biects and
processes for which thew seemed to have
no intelligent reason. Now there :
time when the pupil should be let down
to the bed rock Of principles to have
thorough and comprehensive grasp OF the
branches taught. and II the teacher ne
] elects to do il at the proper time the pu-
/ pil IS likely to grow I'D superficial! and
j illogical
There i anot her reason for this lack OF
thorough knowledge. In mixed schools
our scholars are not graded in their
studies. It s left too much with the pu-
pi and the VARYING notions OF teachers
to determine what studies the pupil shall
,ake on as he advances in school life.
There cupht to he a course Of study
adopted by state authority. in harmony
with the growth and capacity Of school
lie
Observation-Disclosures for instance.
so.,,e ,,-,,,la ba,a tho scbolar begin tho
..udv ~ II at he earliest stare Of school
l5fa. soon a. he nnniIs bepinto for-,
rorcen,;oos ~ writer, language couple on
elemental Ieiea. Of constructive language.
Others wonIc defer the study entirely
until q Ie,a r,arfr,5 UntjIth he reason : we'll
s4,.s,ce,4 and tfa nun;l can din down
in-o,ta science ~ Grammar fnaer onr
present .tate a. no system. no searching
examination. are had 70 test the put5it,-
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n. qualification for advanced work An
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be'r. to the =srboel--oou-s hetter ef-
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