The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1904-11-19
More About Maui Schools.

letin was published in last week s
issue, with brief comment, still tEt
question of the pi oper education Ct
our children isof 50 much importance
that publication OF the sub 'oined
letter on the same subject will per.
haps tend to call forth the views OF
other teachers which may tend to
throw more light upon the obstacles
in the way OF securing good results
in our school work. In this connsc.
ton, the News invites the teachers
of Maui and all others :aterested in
the education OF our children TO give
expression 10 their riows or this i'm
portant subject beth pro and con the
Five Step Method" ard en- all cog.
nate M tiers. Al. such communica
tlons, which are written in . fair aud
temperate spirit, with the obvious
intention Of improving our school
system viii gladly be given space in
the News.
The communication referred to
above is as follows
Editor MAuI News
The News recently published some
criticisms Of the methocs used in our
public schools and the results which
only too evidently follow ON these
me.hods. The editors judgment has
been vindicated, and the justice OF
his criticism proven, by q letter pub
lished short time ago in the Bull
letin BY 50. W, well known young
Portuguese teacher of Maui.
u. V" has been educated (?) in our
schools presumably under the meth.
ods which he lvocates. We under.
stand that he is also "grdduat te" of
the Normal Sc ool, in which the no.
table "Eive Step Method" has been
vigorously exploited. He evidently
considers himself fair and finished
product of q most excellent ed Ca
tiopal system. His letter was in.
tended to uphold both the present
system of education an the "Eive
Step Method" Before mailing his
letter TO the Bulletin, lowcver, he
should have had it correcte,. 10y some
one WIN had at least a spea ing
acquaintance with the English Ian
guage. Having neglected this very
necessary precaution, lis effort,
which was to have put quietus upon
the presumptuous editor, proves at
once the writer's ignorance and the
truth Of the editors criticisms. If
anything else were needed to show
the inefliciency of our present educa-
tional methods, 81. VS." letter
abundantly supplies the deficieny. 1t
is not necessary to be teacher in
order to notice that 81. "" is, to
quote his own words, "vastly ig-
norant Of the subject he has written
subject which he, too, has no con-
ception."
Consider moment this delectable
gem of the 81 been go" variety of
English;- "Our young men of today
with the advantages offered in our
e4 cellent school system are certainly
better prepared when he graduates
than the yourth fifteen years ego. "
Also the following; Ambitious young
men today seek higher education
than that offered in tho common
schools, and carefully prepare for
their future work, while his school.
mate without an amb; tion or clrcum-
stances may not permit, are quite
satisfied with their common school
education, and therefore cannot COM
pete with his chm. "
What can we think OF system
which not only produces such mur.
derers OF our language, but puts them
in change of important schools2
81. "" admits that the education
offered in the common schools is ''in
ferior, and his letter proves it. II
the 'Five Step Method" that has
conduced to this inferiority is biased
on educational principles" then by
all means let us get away from such
principles" and back to common
sense.
Yours for education,
A MAUI TEACHER.