Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-09
TheL:vings on
Graded School.
Fifth month.


the raining of our future citizen
ship to ignorance and inexperi
ence. We, therefore make "A
plea for these three things: ist.
That the people of Kentucky rec
osn'ze that the gaeatest business
of mankind is service. End. That
right education and training of
the children of Kentucky is fun
dameutal to all progress toward a
greater Kentucky. Good roads, ef.
6cIent agriculture, righteous
character, temperance, usefulness
and happiness all have their tap
root in the education of the mass.
es. BID. Thai democracy is a
failure without an intelligent cat.
izensbip. that recognizes and
squarrs its life by the fundamental
teachings of The Great Teacher.
Mr.. Gilbert says further: Eve
can bring these truths to the
heart and CONSCIOUSNESS of our
people through the following:
1t. A qualified righteous teach
er in every school room. End
A better school spirit In every
district grid. A larger percent.
age of att EN- d auc n
every district. Atm. A more &c
receive leadership on the part OF
ever teacher. 5th. A com mum.
W organization in every district
hat will demand teacher of
character and training tor their
children. 9th. Better and more
sanitary school houses and sur
rOundings. 9Th. Efficien super.
vision and better salaries for bet.
ter service.
These questions are on the mind
of every thoughtful citizen because
/ of the ignorance in this STATE, and
the poor results from the schools
So, if YOU will notice what Mr..
Giibert wants most is tea, hers. So
in my opinion we as teachers ale
at fault. We do not realize what
teaching really is. We do not
study the child. We fail to real
ize the fact. tina; the mind OF the
child must be developed; that
there are things that the und, vel,
oped mind cannot grasp: That the
mind is strengthened bv proper
exersize just the same as muscle;
We expect children to know every
thing and the LESS WE are the
more We expect I'm the child
ID the parent If we had sense
en- ,ugh 10 know that there are
things that children can not CON-
pIehend and tact and resource
fulne>s to train them to the point
of comprehension, we would not
be so much like tie doctor who
was c" lied TO see very sick man
and after the examination frankly
told the man friends that he did
not know the disease: But,
said he, Il can give him some
thing that will throw him into
fits and | am b - on fits" We do
rot know the trouble with our
schools and pupils but We can give
them something Oidicule, mean
talk, something they canno, do
or comprehend, quarrel and fight,
and show them what temper We
have) throw them into fits, then,
unlike the doctor we can't cure the
fits ;. but sand on Our .'dew,
claws" and talk about cooperation
of teacher and parent while it is
only through goodness and mercy
of the parent that We are not kick
ed out of the school room.
The school here is progressing
as we'll or better than usual
There is no better people. no bet.
ter or brighter pupils than we have
in Livingston, and we would be
glad indeed, if they had better
teachers, but as it is we are doing
the best we can
Most of the teachers here ha, e
children of their own and they,
at least, try to observe the Colleen
Rule.
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