The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-14
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TEACH THE CHILDREN
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The Daily Iritelligencer has received
the following open letter
To The Parents of: Anderson .,
| This is day when the majority of
tne people are believing In an ieduca-
This is : day when the majority OF
people are believing In the necessity
OF ed9eation. But SO many OF the Epas
rentsSseeDi TO think that aIIHthat -
necessary to secure an education f6r
their boy Is TO send him 20 school. III
is a fact that the parents DO noi +e-
altZs that they must COOPERATE Ssffii
the teacller2f Only tainln, The teach,
er has. the boyS1ut d small time each
day. TIE teacher cannot djfeA the
study oss the boy and regulate i.ilis
hours. The parent must. hetpS
At times It really seema thas tile pa
rent tears down some or tle@work OF
the teacher. II certainly. iSSnpt their
intention, but the resAlte EBtiie same.
Especially In one thing do they sone-
times test the teachers Datienca.
How many teacAefs bsSe heard this
excuse for unpreDared work, 81 don't
understand, it." 1Fhm settles the mat
ter to the boys Jajnd and to the minds
Of the parents i'm many cases and is
lswallowed bysiaHSay weary teacher :
as a, .legitima kcuse. In fact. III As
no excuse af all. There are. hut two
possible reasons for moi. understanding
the lesogns 5assighS Sg. Lack OF appii-
cation; eitusr on the current lesson or
on some pte yiouH lessBn, nine times
out 0f ten the latter; or lack of brains.
TIE sehooi books Of today are prepared
with SSutmost care and the expIana+
tilpS igivsn have proved adequate to
lheSaVerage mind.
~ / We&cannet 'saysthat theanhildren, OF
fAndeIaon are below llfhe mental aver
age, hence the lack of study is the
ieauss. Tet, the rl1otheFs. of a Rndersf,n
back up the clliidtencin the idea that
II they do not understand. some way
CT szSsiiffsT is 81 fault Ths
| following letter viii serve as a sampie
OF seyarai eeeived by the writers
Dear Prot: II + s. +.
Please, explain the problem to Will
lie, for he is hut; a child. How can. he
do the wcrk if5he d0esn1 underestimate ?
Little W1llie's Rother,f
fes, dear mother, the work has been
explained TO, little Mldlie,, and Ehe I'm.
derst stnpd Jit. Butsw lie stgeut.hoIne
hesonky did halfIiis @ork and the mat
ter was not fixad in ilIfs, ntindE l5v, Isuf-
aetent lieatiou to his studies.
First, the mothers, and fhen some.
times teaehers, have been pfediReatL
ing the knCSHlsdge Tor little while (
| WHITES mind has mt HAD to :, stand
out fssai h - FOR
tStfseif. " Is p bot fed mind, hence ii
does not: urde Stand iI:5.
! The mind must bs taught self4reIt-
tancas willie miiiss know Nv hat the Ies3
hen IS and The only thing to helm him
I iias' apRlic tton The tea seherf sees III;
sees thas enly by teash hing flle brain to
stand alone can Willie progress; SO
me leaefher hsigns work ssss se =sss:., jya
must get this work Willie goes home
win slsa air rsofi q martyr, tells mother
Ethe teacher won't explain. Z Then mn.
ther either writes note :iis : 3
above. sends 1t nrisesIed M
who reads 1t and glGries In the down.
Ifall OF his hereditary enemy. the
teeaher. or possibly mother wheed-
les father into Working. tie probienls
for Willie. Does fathe akplain? oil.
that ne would, then he could sac that
MS hoy .snaW a,.9 iss, , he z.sIss si..e...
land then Willie hands them In the
next day without even copying them
i3feiped. s4,sH7't5 49,
VIII parents never understand that
TO do the work for u boy Is the worst
possible injury they conld do his cd
IncattpHals adya no ceIaentif 1T fasotily. lby
exereise that the mind grove. S1baf
2 para disc teach iing W6nld be IF All
cher had 40, do was TO. work all
tie J, and diagram all the sefis
Itences and read the liatory. That
would be nothing, bit su1ttinE of tliRt
sort 5ysia teach the young That Bys.
lem works only sin nitersitiss. THO
lassistance boy needs ss either moral
or ply gasionS 10 IA daily appli-
lea tionstp sstJi9 baEinniag with the
hard est. is Ives the freshest nj
ttel energE to tlie hardest sui iacts and
iiY1isn the mind is more weary the
itlatdcF tasks have been finished and
Ithe sssieE +sgAdiep do not tax so
Teach your boy TO depend upon him.
Isely! You cannot live with him sal
ways. Hss must stznd a!OnA Some
islAs. Teach him a osS.5 10 ba SELF I'D.
petidant a ka I. resolireefuI. Careless
laItettai bits " every bit as 1as es
4 Glk 10 as moral ssiia bits.
lss ls3 fEslt the ke chers: they really have
/ lyotf hey tereSt ut Iie1rt ANY. ter-
|, EorS Il mia 3, and they are bttt hIis
iIasns. are errors Of itaiiis1llsssit sArlil not
An Apdsrson cophty Teacher,
sNAT0ll j. A. fsAHE