Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-01

we nave lIleu 10 secure the OeSe
teachers obtainable with the re-
sour es available. Patrons and pa
rents are invited TO visit our school
and become acquainted with the
teachers and the work which they
are doing.
Cooperation
The cooperation received from the
public for the past three years has
been very keenly appreciated With
out it no school can render it's best
service. We desire that this pleas
ant relationship should continue and
will do our best to merit it, No
business or professional man in any
community enjoys the entire conf
dence OF every individual in his ter
ritory. 1t is no more than natural
that We too should disappoint some.
This is sometimes done when we are
trying to do our plain, necessary
but unpleasant duty. Responsible
ity for the success of a school rests
about equally on parents and pa
irons on one side and on teachers
and school board ON the other. If
some do not work in harmony the
work of the school suffers. There
are a great many schools where good
work is prevented each year by lack
of cooperation. 1t is useless to ex-
pect an efficient school where some
are hampering its work by lack of
support or by deliberate interior
ence. One gossipy individual, with
out much regard for the truth, can
undermine and destroy the work of
the best school in existence. Pa
rents sometimes injure the work of
their children by taking a hostile
attitude towards the teacher in their
presence.
School takes more of the child's
time than any other place except
home. The best way to find out
what is going on there is to visit the
place. This is much more exact than
taking hearsay that has changed
hands several times If each parent
would take a deep and real interest
in the education of his children
much better results would be OBJ
tanned. The child should receive
praise when it is due and likewise
be censured when he is not trying. |
Report cards are issued each six
weeks and are intended to keep pa
rents informed of the progress of
their children in school. The stu
dent will work better if he knows
that his reports are being watched |
and appreciated when they show
we'll When punishment is expected |
at home for poor department at
school it is seldom necessary to in
fiict any in either place. The old
fashioned parent who knew when
not to spare the rod, working with /
a firm, conscientious teacher, raised .
up a family which was able to keep
out of court and whose members res
flected honor on both home and
school. They were solid, substantial
citizens who rendered real service in
the world. Some chores are excel
lent for either boys or girls. They
teach industry and keep idle hands
and minds out of mischief or worse.
There is too much competition in
dress among high school girls, espe-
cially. The result is that some who
are unable to keep up feel sighted
and sometimes drop out of school.
The worst change in the past few
years, has been the treating of young
grade students as high school or coll
lege students, when nature has not
made them any different from what
children of the same age were TWEEN
ty-five years ago. Last year we had
girls who had not reached their
teens making dancing dates with
older boys weeks before the dance
was to occur. This showed where
their interests and thoughts were
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school work they were doing. School
in other places find the
same tendencies and practices, but
cannot do much to remedy condi-
lions if parents are Indifferent or &
think that the new tendencies are an /
over the old.
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Things Which Interfere
Irregular and part time attend
lnce have already been referred to.
lack of regular, well planned home
study is the cause of many failures.
n the upper grades home study is
necessary for most students if they
ire to get anywhere near all that
AN be derived from their work. Bad
habits and poor health are often re-
ated and interfere with the best eff
orts of any student. Cigarette
moking has become so common
.mong boys that it is serious him
trance to the rearing of a sturdy
ace of men, Any reliable medical