The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-16
SCHEME CONSIDERED
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANDERSON MAY TRY A NEW
PLAN
OF HOME CREDITS
People in Other States Say They
Have Solved Problem of Get.
ting Pupils to Work at Home

! While the. school children NAV not
like the plan so well at first. II is
.afc TO say that every parent OF n
| 5chool child in Anderson county will
be enthusiastic when they hear of the
new "homc credit" plan which has re.
Gently been iirdugurctCd in some OF
the public schools OF the country.
This matter has been called to the at
tention or J. b. FELTON, county super.
lntendont of education. and 10 the at.
iantion CT the county board The ed
ucators now have the matter under
attention and in all probability they
| may try the scheme out in the schools
of Anderson county
While the system Is perfectly sim
pie. II requires some time to explain
it. However. it provides that every
Pupil will be given cei lain number
CT credits for performing simple tasks,
NJ home. such as ten credits for milk
ing the COW, ten credits for splitting
wood. ten credits fer washing The
teeth, 20 credits for building chicken
coop. ten credits for currying the
horse. and so en- Including practical
ly every task which a boy or girl may
perform around the house. 1t has
been tried and, has proved to be a
great success In other states and 1t is
now hcing inauguratcd in some of the
schools of this, state.
An Iowa newspaper tells of what
q l,HAn. Ill
Harry S. <McVickcr. county super-
intendent of keokuk county. has soIv-
ei the problem OF inducing youngsters
to work cheerfully at home-or at
least he has gone q long way toward.
that result. He hasJintroduced In con-
hection with the schools in keokuk
county Il system of giving credit for
work done at home.
The way 1t works is something like
this: Whenever little Johnnie feeds
the nigs, or carries in an arm load of
wood. or curries horse. or studies
his lesson Mt home. or does something
else to make himself useful he gets a
that bit OF home wosk.
Whenever Lulu gets meal to help
her mother, Gets the liable. sleeps with
''Nt oPSh' vi pClNtIl SOlHt
other Of the fifty scheduled tasks, Size
gets a credit.
when a. youngster has earned 200
credits In this way he gets a certifi-
cate OF reward from the county super
intendent and when he has' earned 81
coo credits he gets a diploma of hon.
or. But what is more important-2for
every 200 credits .eprned by home
work the scholar receives an adtii-
tionai per cent 10 his final average
grade, except in the eighth grade and
there the pupil must have 500 credits
for each additional per cent on his
grades.
"a list of fifty important tasks
youngster can perform about homie or
rules of health that he can observe
has heen formulated and tho schedule
of credits arranged as reward. for
doing those things. Not more than SOL
per cent on the grades can he earned,
so pupil cannot earn his way
through school nv home work alone.
THE interest in this unique system
has become Intense in the, conntv. ac-
cording to Superintendent McVicker.
Youngsters. who formerly could be
hardly dragged to work have mani
tested feyerish apDatite for perform
ing home tasks. One OF the school
told the superintendent that
his boys were for currying; the horses
six or seven times n day that they
might earn the more credits
school patrons are enthusiastic in
their approval of the plan. They are
finding their offspring iiiihued With q
new and Intense craving for employ
fueDt end the sentiment is making Il
hit with the parents.
1--WE are finding that II gives the
children q icy Il; theie work and aas
vntion 10 home effort" Superintendent
McVicker said In discussinH the re-
suits he Ind obtained. 81 have res
ceived hundreds actually hundreds
cf letterc approving the plan and tell
ing OF the good workiit is doing, Il /
will bridge the chasrn between tho
home and the school. bring the par.
ents into close touch with the school,
and make the. school ahsimp6fthntf fac
tor In the home life OF the panilsi" pi
"Superintepdent Mcyfcker is isefv-
ing nir iiiiIv as tt,uiit f,Ss ~ ~
tendent In lSeoknk county. The work !
he Is doing both in connections with |
the home work idea and other eduna-
tionai development Is attracting aoof-
attention. x ej 49, { q rs
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