The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-05
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Edited by
L.o. Bf.l MFlELD, Iockport, la.
NOW NOT TO H4 We A GOOD
SCHOOL-I SURE WAY TO
GET BAD ONE.
L. BETMFIELD

l Always condemn the teachers
methods, if they are different from
those employed when you went to
school. and he snre that your children
hear your criticisms of the teacher.
= Ever try to impress the communi
t,y with the fact that the BOY punished
the day before (if he happens to he
long to Il family between you and
whom a feud exists, has met his JUS
deserts and that '.our teacher does
the right thing.
3 Ii your boy is whipped, after dis
covering a brulse made by his falling
over the fence instead of by the teach
pr's rod, appl.y sort of a m%atliemati
cai calculation, square the extent Of
the bruise, multiply it by the power of
Your imagination. multiply this by the
boys W story, add the several re-
ports current i'll the community con-
corning similar deeds which the teach
or never did, and as a result yon have
a story, which. by the time it passes
through the gossiping Fart of the
community. is sufficient to send a
teacher to the penitentiary for assault
with intent to kill, or to a first-class
insane asylum.
4 Don't visit the school. lou can
ascertain all you need to know about
the work done there by 'pumping'
some of the pupils. or from some
':fogvr who is positive that he does
not like the new kind of larnin'books
to the children" and thinks the pro-
gresslve teacher a ''crank.'
5 If You should chance to be driven
into the school honse by a storm or
should 90 there for the purpose Of
taking your children home ~ an IN
favorable evening. observe the fact
and do not fail to relate it to all vonr
npichbnrs, that the whole school naid
more attention to yon ,han to Their
lessons. and draw the conclusion that
the teacher has no power over the pu
pills to hold their attention, but d"
not add that this generation of pupils
had neve see you in the school room
or had never heard of your being there
and that your presence might possibly
have embarrassed them SO much as to
unfit them for study.
6 Exalt and magnify the teachers
faults, but never make mention OF his
ledeeming qualities.
I Brand the teacher as Il fiend if he
should reprove your boy James. whose
conduct Won are sure is eve any thing
but angelic in its nature. and whose
mates are never controlled by the gol-
den rule.
s If your children must conform t.
tie rules of the school, don't send
them. The ordinary truant officer will
| excuse them on these grounds.
9 If rabbit-huntlng and fishing are
good. see to ii that your boy gets tC
school one day out OF the week, and
then if lie fails on the final examina-
ton, or Is given II situation in the next
lower class, charge the teacher will
partially and tell the director about
it..
10 If the teacher by complying with
the demands made by the law upon
him should disturb YOU serenity OF
mind, do everything to increase the
temperature around him, don't adhere
strictly to the truth in your ccusa
tons, urge OF the pupils involve .un
adylsibility of ebeying the teacher, in
short, try to boycott the teacher il
every available manner You are JUS
cited in so doing, for. of course. the
~1cacler frames all the State education
al laws, and is accountable for all the
requirements made upon YOU b. the
law.-Sclool Record.