The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-18

schooisb let the pupils take the OK
animation and the answers retained
by the teacher in charge ~ the
school 10 the county board. Let the
papers be corrected an isent back to
the teacher. The county board
should keep record OF the pupilz in
the different schools and Ie. this
board say when a child shall be pro-
NOTED. In this manner the entire
school system In the county can be
regulated and the schools made more
efficient.
Third. We change teachers too
often. Rural schools rarely have the
SEINE teachers for two consecutive
years. No business can thrive and
constantly be changing employees.
What would you think of bank
that would be changing the president
ard cashier each year? What would
you give for stock in the concern?
Such business methods are Just as
damaging to our schools as they
would be to the banks. The city
schools keep the same teachers SO
long as good work Is done. The
teacher just gets to knowing the
needs of the individual pupils at the
end of the first school. Let us
remedy this evil by employing good
teachers and keeping them as long as
We can or until some city school
tekes them from us.
Fourth. our country schools need
better teachers. Our school wcrk
has served too long as a stepping
stone to something elsa boy or
girl gets certificate and starts out
| for a school he will study law or
medicine or something else later on,
| just teaching to make little money
Teaching has not been made a study
and is not to be the life work. Our
! results are bad. Old teachers who
worked over. Let the teacher feel
and know that the work must be done
effectively and efficiently and pro-
| mote no pupil who is not thorough
in the grade in which he or she has
been studying. One study should
| be considered as important rs anoth-
er--it is as important to know gram
| mar and history as arithmetic.
Fifth, serious evil in our school
| system is that we have very bright
pupils, we have children of average
intelligence and we have those who
| are considered dull. The work for
ell these children is made TO fail be-
| low the highest excellence TO accom-
odate these different degrees OF men
tality The bright pupil is held back
| to accommodate the others and make
| ii easier for the teacher. Just how
to remedy this problem will take
time and thought. Any system that
| causes the brightest children 20 lose
interest and quit school is a failure.
Sixth, parents should encourage
| the teachers and should encourage
| the children to put forth every effort
| to make the school the best possible.
Only a small per cent of children
ever finish in the rural school and
very few go to higher schools and
| it certainly means much to the
state and more to the individual that
| these schools be made highly eff
cient.
My main plea in this is 4 plea for
efficiency. We must recognize
! frankly and freely all of our draw
| backs and evils and strive to correct
same Our rural schools should
start on the same date--all months
schools should start the same date,
| that is as the others in that class.
We should make the school buildings
and grounds attractive and the
school room cofortable. We should
get the best teachers obtainable
| particularly recommend a board Of
three teachers to furnish questions
and require answers once eacS
month and let this work be the
basis of promotion. Let this board
advise with the teachers in the diff
ferent communities and if teacher
is not capable let the trustees be so
advised After one or two years
work this board could give much
needed advice to the trustees in
selecting teachers, especially if the
work of the teachers is noted and
kept for inspection by all the trus-
tees of the county. If we had a law
to this effect il would be easy to
refer to the work of any Teacher in
any county and see exactly the
nature of his previous. attempts at
teaching. This work will necessitate
changes in our present laws but