The oasis., 1909-01-30

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A MOTHERS KICK.
To the Editor of The Republican:
Sir:-I would like a small space in
your paper in which to register
kick.
Why is it the residents of Phoenix
will tolerate the present school system,
when it isn't satisfactory to them? So
many mothers say, 81 don't like the
schools here my child (or children, as
the case might be- are not doing any
good; not so well as they did in such
place manning their homes. From the
tales that are told out of school, it seems
to us if the taxpayers should investigate
two of their important institutions-th
public school and the county poor farm.
have heard of the inmates from the
latter place complain of being starved
while their "boss" can afford to ride
around in an automobile. Queer tax
payers this county furnishes. Why
don't they investigate? 1t seems to be
badly in need of investigation. AS to
the schools, our children are robbed of
a great share of important knowledge
for some silly nonsense. have child,
a boy 10 years of age he is taught diff
ferent kinds of reedle-work, little dilly-
daily stuff, and now he says they are
going to make garden. Just stop and
think of the children going to school to
make mats which, as soon as they leave
the school room, are left behind them
will never be of any benefit to their
future man and womanhood. dom t
want my child to spend his time so fool
ishly when at home, so when board
and clothe him, and buy books, / do feel
discouraged to know we are paying for
such a foolish, useless school system.
Were | teacher | would not teach such
nonsense to my pupils. If the principal
insisted | should, would tell that wise
(?) principal | would take my doll rags
and go home and play. Who ever heard
OF children making garden at school?
We all have back yard, so why not
close up the school and let the children
stay at home and make garden? |, fol-
one, am strongly in favor Of it; let par.
ents hire their own private teachers,
then their children can be taught some
thing that will be of some good to them
in the future. They don't always be
babies, and sit around and make doll
rags. My boy rebels against such "do-
lngs the word "doings" ex-
presses my boys views of it. What is
the matter with teaching the little ones
reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar
and spelling. My child can't spell al
all.
| have lived in eight different states
and | think Arizona has the most in.
complete school system of any place ]
ever knew. The back woods schools oil
Missouri furnish more solid, pract tical
teachings than the boasted schools Of
Phoenix. | never attended a Missouri
school, but have "been shown" From
the fact that | was an invalid in my
glrlhood days my education is rather
limited. But I'm making every effort
for my child, and | certainly would like
to see him well educated. But the west
can't compete with the eastern schools
, But our taxes are heavier. | guess we
mothers will have to 60 to war on the
schools in order to prevent our children
being taught lot of foolishness. Jus
think of a child 10 years of age havins
about two and half hours of study eacl
day For afternoon they do littl,
fancy work until 2;30, then they are ou
of school. AT such rate when will
child be able to finish school? thinl
, it shame to pay teachers for such un
satisfactory services. know there ar
; many who think as do, but they ma,
! not express themselves.
[ A MOTHER.
l Here, now. What's the meanin,
$ of all this? Has not Arizona 9Th,
finest school system in any stat,
g in the Union?" Has not the Kell,
skindicate of newspapers insisted
r upon that fact all along? Didn'
Governor Kibbey tell the Secretar,
7 of the Interior that fact in his las
!. annual report? There's somethin,
wrong somewhere. The mothe
who wrote the foregoing lamen