Evening star., 1940-02-21
Teacher VERY
Unlikely to
Be Mean
Pupils May Blame
Instructor for
Own Faults
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Jaw, don't want to 60 back to
school, I hate school. I'm not
going any more If I have to 60 to
that teacher"
Nov dear, don't talk that way.
You know you must go to school"
"Well, I don't have to have q mean
old teacher like her. You just 60 to
school and make them give me a new
teacher. want to go to Miss Grace's
class"
But you cannot go to Miss Grace's
class. Don't be silly. You were Just
promoted out Of her class. And you
complained about her, too"
Eyes, I know, but she wasn't as
mean as this one. She didn't keep
me in for nothing, and pick on me
all the time. I can't stand it." Then
he cried heart brokenly and his
mother said, Nov don't cry. I'll
go over and see what I can do"
The principal shook his head. mo.
He must stay where he is and do his
work. The teacher won't punish him
for doing good work. Why should
she be bothered keeping him in after
school? She is tired when the day
is over and she has to stay after
school to get this boy to do his
work. Work he should have done
during the day, or at home"
"But If he doesn't like the teacher
he won't do good work and isn't It
better to have him do good work."
my idea is that he can do good
work where he Is. What reason
have we for supposing he would do
better in another classroom? He Is
taking himself along and it is he who
is wrong. Why not get him to cor
rect his attitude and do his work?"
Changing child's teacher because
the child thinks he is being picked
on Is not a bit Of good. Rarely, 80
rarely as to make 1t q phenomenon,
do we md q teacher with q personal
grudge against a pupil. We often
ind . teacher struggling to get . boy,
or q girl, to do his work to the
standard. We find many teachers
giving up their Afternoons to chill
dren who have made no effort to
help themselves, but on the contrary
have bent every effort toward maxi
ing trouble for themselves and every
body else. We md many teachers
taking q personal interest in the well
fare Of the children under their care,
taking them to the clinics, to the
specialists, buying them the glasses
they need, the clothes they must
have to get to school. This
mean teacher" lives only in
the mind Of the unhappy
falling child who is struggling to ret
away from his painful duty.
Don't encourage him In his atti.
tude toward the teacher who IL hia
good friend, often the only one he
has in his struggle for education.
Teach him to look to his teacher for
leadership, advice and help and you
viii be sending him in the right d.
rection. Lend your strength and In
duence to the teacher who Il trying
to help the child and you viii do
more for him than II you 60 to school
to ask for his transfer to another
school or another teacher. Wher-
ever he goes he takes himself. II
Is that self he needs to cultivate into
health. strength and beauty.
Getting alsng with ether people
II . fundamental ef success-even
little children, - well - adeles.
cents, must learn how 70 Do -.
Help youf son and daughter, By
csisuhing Angelo PatFi's beeklet,
"Yeur Child and Other People"
Send for II, enclesing ten cGnts
In coin. Address Angelo RatEt .
care of The Evoalns 8taE.