The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
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Contrasting the present with q century
ago, we fnd the progress very great.
Former generations never conceived the
idea Of teaching the young minds In the
different languages. Reading writing,
spelling and arithmetic were the princi-
pal subjects taught, and this idea, is stil
retained by some Of the parents. Parents
duties as parents: They should teach
obedience and lovev; their instructions as
to order, manner and style Of living and
acting, seeing 0nd doing, association and
the respect for others as we'll as them
selves should be exemplary. The home
training Is the root Of good or evil and
If it is evil and permitted to grow, it will
become as a mighty tree, Overbalancing
the good, and finally so strong the whole
world would fail in trying to regener-
ate it.
Parents obligations: That sacred OBJ
legation which every parent takes upon
the birth of child, should never be bro
ken. In saying we will do all In our
power, sacrifice everything, take advant-
age OF all good opportunities for the edu-
cation Of our children Is pledge often
said, but too often broken. Troubles
sometimes arise. Most all of the trouble
arising in school starts at home. Be-
| cause parents In many cases, believe their
childrens' complaints without any inVes-
tigation. Imaginary trouble may arise,
keep growing, be enlarged upon and In
this way sometimes causing real trouble
itself to be made, In dealing with pupils
use all possible strategy, all means of
gaining their good will and respect, ask
nothing that Is unreasonable or beyond
their intellectual capacity reason with
them and consult with their parents and
II any are so incorrugible that moi tning
else will do, then expel them from school.
Why some teachers fail; 1T Is because
they do not confer with the parents nor
study the children, have no understand
ing except misunderstanding, and no
idea of the higher achievements In life,
believe the children should not advance
beyond their parents knowledge, and
are unable to overcome the discourage
ments that tend to drag teacher down.
Cooperation between teacher and par
ents is needed to advance the best inter-
ests Of the children.
The ideal teacher: He should be
doctor so as TO Ventilate the school room
properly, because this one thing neglected
causes more sickness than does exposure.
He should be a lawyer 80 as to try any
and all cases arising on the school docket
daily, and preacher thus far, to teach
and explain the difference between the
good and evil, the effect of each upon the
character OF every pupil entrusted to his
care.
He should be thorough in his daily
work, prompt, exact, earnest, honest,
gain and crowd time instead of letting
time gain and crowd him. Love his pu-
pills, and strive to create love and respect
between teacher and pupils.
The pupils as rule believe that the
teachers feel themselves above the pupils
and parents. This ought not to be. They
must place themselves on an equality
with the children, take part In their
games, and be one OF them. How. un-
fortunate 1t is to have person for q
teacher who thinks himself above OF bet
ter than his pupils Love and respect
for each other must exist, or the school
will not be success. Is book learning
sufficient? Not at all. We should teach
the text books, but we should teach the
practical part Of an education, such as
good behavior, neatness, cleanliness, tidi-
ness, and that also which too many teach
ers and parents fail to teach and encOur-
age viz: good manners. Shall we abol-
ish corporal punishment? In this day
and age people are advocating love as the
ruling power. Be kind to them, trust
them, are rules which will not work in
all cases. If they know that the rod Is
the last resort obedience can be obtained.
On the other hand, II they know the
teacher will not whip, and that parents
will not, in short time they may have
full control of the teacher, school house
and everything else. My teacher friend
this is too often the case. You must
either be master Of the situation or else
quit, Teachers must be systematic, be-
cause without system nothing can be ac-