The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-11-03
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.

To II TEACHERS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
This column, or part Of it, has been
kindly given by the editor of the DEMO
CRAT-STAR for educational purposes,
and | shall use it as a medium through
which ! may, once a week, talk, as 1t
We're, with the teachers Of Jackson
county.
/ shall try to make it of interest to
you and give you the benefit of my ex-
perience, and of some things that / have
read. ! shall take the liberty to make
suggestions, not altogether my own,
but taken from the best authors, which
| endorse and recommend for your care
full consideration.
First, let us get a clear definition of
education. Education has been defined
as the awakening and training OF facul-
ty, the coordinate developmertsof all
the powers, both passive and active, Of
the human soul, the complete prepara-
ton for the business of life. All expe-
rience Of life is a training, ana men are
educated, from infancy to the grave, by
all the sights and sounds, the joys and
sorrows which they encounter, by the
! character and behavior of their friends,
the nature of their surroundings and by
the books they read.
Teachers, you come between the home
and family influence and the facts and
experiences of the outer world. You,
in a great measure, control the forces
which act on the young from five to fif-
teen or even twenty; therefore be care
full. You hold IN important trust and
should appreciate it.
Here are some things worth remem'
ing: Nothing is more monotonous than
ignorance. Nothing can Influence char
acter like character, and you teach no
only by what you say and do but by
what you are.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS.
While teaching in one of the profes
sions which most tries the patience, it il
one in which the maintenance of
cheerful and happy temper is most es
tial. Please remember this. We wan
patience because the best results o
teaching come very slowly. we wan
habitual self command, because if w
are impulsive or variable and do no
obey Il own rules we cannot expec
, pupils to obey them.
p Don't forget that the browning quail
fication of n perfect teacher is sympa
thy-sympathy with young children
with their wants and their ways.
Teaching is the noblest of all profe'
. sions, but it is the sorriest of all trade
! and nobody can hope to succeed in
who does not throw his whole heart int
f. it. Here is an extract from The Pract
=, cal Teacher, which should do you goot
"EAREEsTNEss. 1t is very hard for
teacher who is not n student himself
make students of his pupils. The reall
earnest teacher is a student; he believe
in education and shows it by educatin
himself. Some are merely lesson hea
ers; that they can do and never wake u
D a single mind. Probably half of tn
teachers are not enough i'll earnest
= keep a book by them when outof schoo
A teacher in st. Louis did nothing b'
crochet when out Of school; she WI
dropped because she became so d.
a that the pupils complained"
Please read this several times al
d profit by it. Now a lesson in poetry t
l. the little ones; suppose l say for all
n us.
4 OBEDIENCE.
.. "If you're to do a thing,
And mean to do it really;
Never let it be by halves;
Do it fully, freely!
Do not make a poor excuse,
y Waiting, weak, unsteady;
. All obedience worth the name
Must be prompt and ready"
have written enough this week.
: Good bye. Yours,
RI,