Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-16
The Bad Boy and The School

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boyto attend dav and Sunday school 10 obey their par
cuts and to be nice 10 their people think they should
Some OF these boy have gone FAR TO shoot craps
break into store, and 90 take what does no, belong To-
them and are ON the verge Of being the State Re
iormaory
some OF our ctrp. have been generous enough to youn-
their alter these BOYS and to stand Tor
them order that the Judge may give them another chance
and keep them ont o tire kcormatCry II possible The action
OF these citizen, Is highly commcndabc and every OF II,
will aud them or VIVA, they trying to do However, u
correctly informed. thcy having quite time with
the bo, and of them about ready give mp in DIES
pair The boys .t refuse like other boys. attend
ay ard SUNDAY school and do the other things that belong
the straight and path 81 rcctidc despite the good
advice and ,oru u tc given and the threats that
made that they viii be sent TO Gate>ye
% they do not du better.
The writer ha, been the boy business io twenty years
and believe, hc know, VIA, the lie j., oil the opin
tat the problem will be solved unless gone IN
another way These boys jo and viii attend the reg
uar school hccausc they do tit into IT, They have missed
So much are Tar behind with their classes such types
OF mind Ear Of JOIN, with the school that the
age boy IN, tina, they feel OF place in school just
South Sea Islander would fashionable bail in New York
City. The scho, o-;au alton does appeal 20 them Il
made iur them and there nothing in the grammar
the algebra the aucent history and most OF the other things
Offered them that meet, to needs Of their lives vi the adj
teestcd in such things and when them 20 attend school
and pretend that they love what they really hate bur
dcmorlliziug tn. m still further
And beside, this, the regular teacher OF the school docs
kuo. how TO deal with tfc bad boy She does know his
needs She spends hr time with tie average boy and does
understand the bad hoy She has 10 these average
boys and girls her ard she has time to give the
bad boy lind his pccuiae and needs Teaching the
average roomiu Of children and dealing with bad boys
CURES much difference OF ability running bank and
selling sewing machines lightning rods.
1t !, Tor this that the had boy does iii into
the school work organization 1t does satisfy
the longnP oi h heart and he does have such ongug ii
lind on, what they and N the majority OF
he had better be OF school than in ii hc /, in school he
j., iurhc demoratzcd by work and besides is a
90 annoyauc the teacher and the OF the chill
drea We have lnown tie efficiency OF hundreds OF
be reduced hy one hall by the presence OF called bad
bow We have in amarillo number oi that
would de- onc-iour,h better work they could get rid OF
few bad BOYS is right that one boy should be allowed
dcmorai7e whole and rob the children OF what i
justly theirs nor Is right that the bad boy should be placed
where he do good aud from the very OF
his makeup lie a source of constant annoyance
Then a, the ,o-calcd bad boy Is not normal boy and
not he appealed 10 4 normal boy would
mend that do in amarillo what is being done in hundreds
OF other places that scgrcgac these boys for while
least until they g. they tit into the normal school pro-
gram Let put them a room To- themselves under
teacher who has pcc1yed the bad boy problem who has
the tact and get along with him and who
sympahizc with his needs and individual pccuaritcs
The average teacher knows Just about much about train
ing hycNa, c does about dealing with bad boys and this is
reflection the teacher either Tor tanning bad boys is
her job Tor the that the school rcormatory
Let put these hoys under the special teacher who will adapt
his program and tie organization oi his work their needs
and individual pecuarticS let throw the regular program
and organization oi the schools the winds So lar these
boys concerned and teach them the things they should
know and the things that will appeal them 1t is only in
this that going reach these boys. We but
further dcnorazc them when try make them like
normal boys when it is contrary their nature.
There in amarillo many thirty OF these boys who
need 10 be dealt with have suggested Not all OF them
have violated the law and OF the reformaioy pro-
baton, but they all oi harmony with their
and likely be brough, before the any
The schools have dealt with these boys heretofore
because they have during the past five years had their
hand, i take oi the normal children and haven't
had 'hc do Justice these boys The schools will
be able to handle the problem from and think the
board viii be willing DO II they find that the people
behind them However in order get the started
and prove that do in amarillo what they doing
other places. suggest that tie three men, clubs ,hc
Rotary Lions and the KiwanlS hall the
necessary employ teacher Tor these boys for the
mainder OF this school wear with the understanding that thu