The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1911-11-14
PARENTS, TEACHER, CHILD
rem.
Supt. Joyner Urges Cooperation
Between Home and School, Pa
rent and Teacher.

rent and Teacher.
The following from Hon. j. \
.Ioyner. State superintendent OF
education. should he read and
studied by every parent who
has children in school or of
school age:
| wish TO make an earnest
plea to your readers who are pa
irons of the public schools for
the active cooperation of the
home with the school. of the pa
rent with the teacher. in secur-
| ing increased and regular atten-
dance upon the public schools
and in enforcing discipline and
faithful and conscientious per-
Torrance by the children of as
signed school duties,
Statistics show that only 10
per cent. of the total school pop
ulation between the ages Of o
and q is in daily attendance at
the public schools; and that on
| ~ 63.7 per cent. of the total
number of children enrolled in
the public schools attend daily
during the session Of the school.
lis impossible for any teacher,
however, interesting he may make
the work of the school. and how
ever faithful he may he IN the
performance OF his duties. 10 So
cure regularity and puetGal-ty
of attendance or the faithful per-
Torrance of school duties, cS-
pecially of work assigned to be
done out Of school hours. with
out the hearty cooperation of
parents at home.
Many parents do not realize
5 that after a child begins TO at
tend school, going TO school is
, and should be the main business
in life. As childhood is the hab-
Informing and character-form-
, ing period Of life. the manner in
which he does his school work
(. and the business habits that he
Acquires in the performance Of
this main business Of the lorna
/ tive period Of his life. VIII de-
/ termine the manner in which he
will perform the main work OF
4, his life in the world as ii man
p will fix the business habits on
his life and the most potent in
5 the shaping OF his character.
, If he is allowed to be irregular
I in his attendance upon school
careless, slovenly and unsystem
+ attic in the performance of hi,
= ohter school duties, he will moi
/, only be unsuccessful in his bust
! ness of going to school,hut he
z will almost certainly form
S business habits that will doom
$ him to failure in manhood in al
: eXacting business world, whcr,
5 competition is growing sharper
+ every day. The child that is al
f lowed to stay from school upor
S the pretext of bad feeling, bac
I weather. or the placing of /
day S pleasure before day I
= duty will almost invariably
2 grow into man or woman thai
+ will put pleasure before duty
f that will be frequently found alb
+ sent from his business and hi,
r post of duty upon the SlightcS
D pretext, that will lack grit ant
t strength Of character that vii
J. enable him TO overcome obSta
e cles and to perform unpl2ascn
d duties for duty 5 sake.
5 In the name Of the child, FOL
/ his future welfare, therefore.
D most earnestly appeal to ever,
parent TO cooperate with tn,
{ teacher of the child in securing
(. regular and puctual attendance
/. prompt and faithful performance,
{. of every school duty, and promp
Q and cheerful obedience TO reas
: enable requirement of properl,
A constituted authority in child
e hood, in the formative period ot
hfe, for the formation Of habit,
S and the development Of thai
2 strength that alone can give an,
I reasonable assurance for success.
[ and service in manhood.
/ Dixie Program for the Week
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