The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-23
AND TEACHER.
Paper Read by Miss (Emma) Raine
at Teachers Convention.
IS FULL OF SOUND SENSE.
No Teacher or Parent Can Read This Ar.
ticIe Without Being Helped
Thereby

no leacher or Parent Can Read This A r.
ticIe Without Being Helped
Thereby.
The proper training of the rising gen.
Grafton is work in which the parents,
the church, the state, the school and the
teacher all have an important share.
Ii anyone neglects his part of the
work, or blunders in it's doing, the best
the rest can do is to corrects the error
SO far as they are able. In just that
proportion that all work faithfully and
sympathetically for the best good of
the child will the work be we'll done.
Parents have been criticised, and not
unjustly, for neglecting to become ac-
qualnted with the teacher of their child
rem; but do we not help to make the
chasm that too often separates teacher
and parent. If it be not of our making
do we use our best efforts to bridge it?
do not believe a teacher should force
her acquaintance upon the parents, but
she should improve every opportunity
to meet them.
She should be broad minded and
large hearted enough to extend the
right hand of fellowship to every father
and mother of her numerous charges,
and to make them feel that common
interest in the welfare of the child is
the bond which unites them.
The teachers influence for good, will
be in an exact proportion to the con-
fidence and respect of her patrons. To
gain this she must be in touch with the
people about her.
| Learning from the parents the pupils
hereditary peculiarities, and viewing
their character through the eyes of the
parents, will make one more lenient to-
wards their faults, as we'll as giving a
better judgment in treating them.
Some pupils need our kindness more
than others; knowing the parents will
serve to show us which, and we can
make it evident to them that we believe
that,
/ "He who is honest is noble.
| Whatever his fortune or BIRTH"
PARENTS Day serves to bring the
teachers and parents into better UNI
derstanding and good feeling; but
parents can theorize as we'll as teachers,
find, for it was at convention here
last spring that so many mothers
agreed as to the great good that came
trom parents visiting the schools; only
a few offered suggestions as to how it
might hinder. About four weeks after
ward we had parents Day. in our
building and the mothers that con-
tended visiting schools was so beneficial
were very conspicuous for their absence,
while some of those who thought it
might in some cases hinder, were pres
ent and cheered US up. Parents
Day" without parents is an object
lesson without the object.
If ] have troublesome boy in school,
l like to know his mother. After a
talk with her can sRead between the
lines' somewhat, and know little
better how to curb his overlooking
spirits and turn them into useful chan
nels.
Parents are more sympathetic than
teachers, for we are accused, and we
know it is often true, of being mere
machines.
Sometimes we ''Obey the law to
letter. when perhaps it would be better
otherwise. l won boys confidence
once by not doing exactly as said |
would, strange though it may seem. He
was very troublesome boy. One eve.
ming he had to stay after school thirty
minutes. He had expected to 90 skat-
ing; his skates hung in the hall just
where he could see them from his seat.
When 1 saw how disappointed he was l
felt sorry for him so said, "Were you
going skating tonight:D could tell by