The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-22
What CAUSES FAIL
URES IN RUAL SCHOOLS
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(By ~. VI. L IIler

The uecemUer number OF
the Virginia Journal OF Eoucar-
ion contained an article py Nat.
u. Barnnart entitled, VINO Fails
Inc Pupil or the School. Many
teachers have read TINS arClcle
and given it serious thought,
n4Ine oLnerS laTe read II anu
passed it by W:sn little OF no
Thought at all with the impress
sion mat 1T does no5 tit my case.
Every teacher i'll the rural
district in this state has this
failure problem to face. Why 90
cnlluren fail! In our school l
lind not less than ten children
VINO are repeating Jnelr Craze.
These children are reported co
us as failures. What are they
costing the taxpayers OF this
county? AT this rate the cost Of
failures tor this county viii be
Iar INTO the thousands ana Tor
the state it will be far into the
millions OF dollars spent Tor
nothing.
nc. us look at this question
noJ from tie teacher Slue but
from Cne nOnaCCenQance view
.lo...., cid see IL II isn't the
prlnclple cause or failures IN the
4'uTol ulSurlcLS OF inns state.
Wnen asked why the ten or
mort cIIiIuren We're repeating
their graueS IN TINS school, rne4r
answer was They had to drop
out TO work before school closeu
anu Qlu not rcCuln 70 tame Une
examinations, they were repeat
ing the same grade the second
year. Who is the cause OF these
1allureS. the teacner or
parents AS a teacher In a rural
school | plainly see the cause or
failures IN the rural districts. 1t
is not only the teacher but the
parents who 1ail IN their q dig
atlons in helping to reauce the
number of-faiiureS and thereby
reduce the cost OF educatino in
this state.
we nave many problems to
face ana work out IN the rural
districts that the city teacher
does not have. In the winter the
roads get bad and the smaller
children cannot attend. The
large boys and girls are kept
out during the harvesting
season to help work, and often
times they are not needed by
their parents at all.
When these students return
they are so far behind with the
work that they become discour-
aged and quit, and if they are
persuaded or forced to remain
in school they are a drag to the
class and in the end they fail on
their work and marked as fail
ures
Many patrons look at an edu-
cation from this viewpoint. |
have no education myself and
have got along fairly well. l
have, saved up a few hundred
dollars and my children can do
the same. These patrons make
no effort to keep their children
in school. These children enter
school for a few months each
year then drop out. This is
repeated each year until the
pupil has reached the aoe to eet
employment on some public job
Each year these pupils are
branded as failures.
In order to have better. sch
coils and fewer failures the
patrons must get behind the
teacher and the school and DO
his or her mart. We cannot have
a. school without the hearty CO.
!cneration of all the patrons.
We need in order to have one
school q teacher patrons who
ere behind the school and stud
o''tS These thron will make g
school successful.
Aoain | ask the question
Who is the cause of failures the
, teacher or the patrons
Mr.. Harrv Bavter. who has
haen attending College at Mem
"hiS. Tonn.. he" '-"A''''''oa r.
Dante Va. for Christmas an;
:. was in town today.
In the world we know must b,
Much to grieve them
Many striving. oft and strong
To deceive them;
iTrnstful in Thy hands of low
We must leave them"