The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-30
A Talk on Education

BY q. c d'Easum

economic. and rural sociology Then c
If he be also possessed of pfl'hVe (
income AID the hide OF the proVsfoiai b
rhInoceroa he may achieve success ~ r
A rural scaooI teacher and ny satIsheu
10 make tuat his life work
Public opinion mus, be- educ tted to
the mint when IL will see that the
necessary moaey must ne FOUND To /
raise the standard Of the teachers ~
1 the rural districts and in the eie
mentary grades 40 as 70 make their
work worth. while life work
A very sa,ai percentage OF ehilhreh
yet beyond the elementary Rrahes'
The United states OFFERS To al
the same opport unities Tor an enuea'
tIon. yet less than ! per cent OF the
school enrolment ever hnish COZ
tepe e,ourse. less than per cent graz
nate from high school and less than
10 per cent complete the elementary
course up through the eigh1h grSoe'
Mis-, Lynch gives hgu.es sho"ihg /
that the number of children III at
tendance upon the elementary /
senoAls In the 81 ate Of New YORK IL
. to the number attending Tue h'eh
schools as Is to /, aud that the cost
, of one wear of high school is seven
aud one half times as much a. one
T YEAR of elementary schooling. Such
II aRAiPa EhnME a Intk
= OF coumonsense
u 1t shows. TOO, that there must De
u something wrong la the WORKING %
o the elementary processes OF our eo'
ueatiouaI system.
: Above. 1 n sntioned commonsenst
A. being one Of the attributes OF
good teacher The young ana mex
70 perienced teacher is often slave 10
~ methods. courses ~ study, friils and
u fancies which waterlOg our schools.
" No course of study, however good
!" and we have an excellent one In ida'
=" ho-but was IT, tends TO be very elias
" tic: aud no one system, as system
~ has ever contained everything thar
~ is good. Here Is where commonsens'
e' picks out, Wells together ana adapt
"' the best ideas and meth Ms.
" Fortunately, the idea Is dying ina
~ ali education should be- sugar-coate'
~ before lie NJ given TO the chlid.
u" mum, pufev' OF phnneltcs, and AZ
eN p.nitag scnuolr lOn games 10 Goa
Afu little Willie IN his "numhet work
nave had the natural result In ing
.' .cnnol graduates WHO cannot spe
's'' correctly or be depended upon u PEI
OH from accurately the SIMPLEST arltl
meti al processes.
.u, But the pity Of 1t is that this 81
'. sar-coa ell alt.naksd, habhy SISTER
-, was turning out race OF chlldr'
49,. sho did not know how to think, no
,o,,, now to study.
~. uy ALI means, teach the alphabet
oldfashioneh doctrine this, perhap
49,. but have seen many Of the old wa
- become the newest methods
Teach spelling teach English al
-, the love OF good literature for al
"a 10y good English aud good ilteratut
81 You cannot begin too early WI
80, good literature, The hegnning shou
~, be mads in the home, although II
may be difficult In places wnete |
home Library II limited 10 pate
'""' medicine almanac and Montgomt
Ward 5 catalos.
-, And teach arithmetic SO that
-. by may learn how to teach himse
There IL 40 r0yai road ia long div
-. ion or the multiplication tables. |
"a boy gill have tu sweat over dlhcu
10. in life. aud IL viii do him good
a.. sweat nyer ana conquer hts sch
"a, difficulties Arithmetic, OF coaI
-. should To made live subject by
-, ing examples connected with
- daily life and surroundings Of
BOY
History, ciyics, current evet
~ GEOGRAPHY are tntsr.related stn'
'''' which can hs made sitally inter
So, lng To the pupils 10 our rural seho
rs" havs not touched In this art
~ upon the special studies and act
. hut usN ""'N"
~, SCHOOLS, as hope to tAke 40
a.. matter In ms next paper which
-. zeal with the part Of the rural SCI
I, ~, should take in the rural comm
orally ties
I any ~ u" S''''1'''""''
tns n. ns-s ws.a,e,ae la th~ Ms-is
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