The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-16
SCHOOL VISITING BY
PATRONS AND TRUSTEES

PATRONS AND TRUSTEES
Paper by Miss Frances Ramsey,
teacher of the Moss Bluff school, at
the Marion County Educational As
ISOLATION, Spar, Fla, Saturday, Nov.
II, 1867
There are several reasons why pa
irons should visit the school The
teacher needs you and you need them.
The training of child is the great
est responsibility that person could
have. We are always seeking advice
from people concerning different
things, and If ever person needed
the advice of anyone, the teacher
does.
For instance, teacher goes into
new neighborhood to teach She
meets all the people at church on
Sunday. She invites them to come
out to school Monday school begins
mot patron on the grounds. The
teacher feels sighted by their alb
sence. The children are sly and bash
full.
They manage to get through the
day some way. How much better it
would have been If they could have
begun the day with number of
friends around to make them feel at
ease.
Teacher gets little better acquain-
ted with the people after week or
SO passes. They are friendly and in
vite her to see them. She would like
to 90 perhaps it is so far that she
cannot Thus it goes on.
The people know the teacher in
general way and it is the same with
her. Finally there is little trouble
at the school One of the children
will not get up his work. The teach
er has given him individual attention
I-scolded and done all sorts of things
to make him get his lessons, but still
| the work is half done. The result
lis severe punishment. The next da,
the child is out of school-he stay:
tout the rest of the week.
On Saturday teacher leaves hel
work undone and goes to see the
mother of the boy After some con
versation she asks the mother VIII!
/ the boy was out of school.
We'll, I'll just tell you the reason
i Johnny says you punished him be
4 cause he could not get his lessons
/ He also said that you would not he'll
him or give him enough time. Now
III didn't like that Bit
Il The teacher explains and shows
the mother that Johnny had receive
|, all the help necessary but he idle
AWAY his time. The mother replies
eWell, am sorry that this has hal
Ipened. know he did not like t
!; work, but don't think he'd tell an VI
, truth. He'll be back in school MOI
day
i But what about the time he has bee
! Iout? Besides this he has had sever
) whipping at home for his story tel
) I ing, and whom does he blame? Fl
! blames the teacher, of course. Fl
gets his lessons because its punisl
3 ment If he doesn't.
i But he gets no pleasure out of h
i work and feels that the teacher hs
j IA pettish grievance against him.
D I think we can readily see how a
r that misunderstanding could hay
Ebeen avoided.
j. If this boys mother had been
t frequent visitor to the school ST
). would have seen for herself the SO
: Iof slip-shod work that her boy W;
: doing, and could have told the teac
IS ler that he had the capacity for lear
It ing and she would back her in an
i thing to make the boy work.
lii The above is just one of the hu
II dreds of Misunderstanding that eau
n the school to be a scene of turmo
q land that could be avoided by lit
it tact and sympathy with the school.
l. Have you ever thought of this, tn
atlyou do not know your own child?
e-iyou know that the child is never t
III same at home and at school?
rel / once heard a mother say that S
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