Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-06
TIL. II MINER SCHOOL.
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The most serious objection that can
No madc a. the - Weeks school Plan
is "a, tact that some 81 IA" pupils viii
have Co have vacation ~ eight
months This however IL an uhieciio.
that applies Only Boz N, installation -
the plan and it Is not so serious as Il
first re,ms. A. least not al the argu.
mont Is on one side In fact. most peo.
pie viii admit that many times IL Is q
iistinct advantage 90 a child 10 remain
Out Il school Tor awhile Twn years
ago, We felt hat our own little giil was
having too much schooling W. KEEP,
her a. home from January untl Sep.
ivmh'r. She r,.cutercd iu September
with new rririi and new interest IN
her work and has SEEMED like new
cirl ever -iure. So Car as schoul j. con.
rrucd We know many children who
have been given a new interest IN their
'ChnUl work hy being kept out awhile
md we hat, known many others who's"
lives hly" been wrecked oduaaiioulllv
rs hcinr forccd o. school when thcy
~ not want 90 20 and should have
zoe most lr fact most parents are TOO
nyiouE Co rush their children through
chorl and they a. not xiv" them time
20 grow normally Such parents should
'cncfth'r that tho school q an artificial
arrangement msdr necessary because
= ar artificial civilization. and lust ~
fNe wur';Cr along other lines needs sumc
line away from his work In order On
row aud renal nncrma' physically.
ncnitNy and morally, 80 N ochill
needs 1o.ic-iimo away from his scEonl.
Their ara hundreds " boys and girls
ltIrg un good in school who need Co got
nrt 1rd 90 against the practical affairs
10 the world In order a. find oui the
7frd = an education Some parents
'ypro-r tho fear that II their children
v"re 20 remain out ~ school from now
9r,il Jrnuory. they mould mo-, be- able
'o go thsm hack such parents should
ruuv that u a child hlr 90 D." driven
fn fehool he had about as well not -
az al aud the chances are that u h.
ver' permitted 90 remain out Tor
while. b. would see how hc Is hand.
1rroi without an education IN cnmpo.
ton with other people and would r..
.1tar s-foHl with o new zeal Tor his
work In M. great majority ~ eases
where bow and girls find work out
le ~ school they are convinced ~
w. rcci ~ an education md recn'cr
.ith r. ao'srn nation o. DO better work
'h4n thcy had done before. IN nearly
very caro- whore they are not IN CON
ylncsd thrv wore doing no good IN
rhool IN the fire' nlnce There arr
vor0o things than being out ~ school
va one q them h. being In school with
,o ir' rest IN tn work
Thar there IRE some parents who
'e,r iho' their children would forget
vss' 'ney I.row n thrv were ~ remain
.r' - school or eight months IN
rrvar 90 such fear "" would snv
'Aat Dr. ihey forget 80 readily ~ that
Hie, did not know much IN tn begin
ring knowledge that will ndt stick for
.ishi m0nthr g. net much knowledge
ma tho pupl ir school who can not
make bic learning stirk longer th1n
that had about as wei not attend ~ all.
y b. true that the mental processes,
r n.y. continued. win tend 20 hccome
iur-ish oven iu T. wm0rihs But u
t.es not t,ko bat r. few DAYS 20 r"now
frrfr.r abilities and processes. and U
.I,h o1urut %. renewed ir few DAYS
70 is 1 pretty good ricn that they newer
visited " % puril hiss doi.e les work
20 an Satisfactorily nnd has any fnur
stios hIr a'uiisy be- can rcinsin "u'
rrh,h f0r eight months or for 4
longer time and ct bfck ~ normal On
few 1,1vv ,f''r he re-entrrs. 1hos.
hildren who have been assigned to mo
It. torn VIII d. 'ls' as good and ius'
ar much work in that term NJ ih'y
could in ary other
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