The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-08-20


lof us.
l know-for this is what those PEG
pies tell me. l wish that every one
of you, in the most solemn soberness
could hear what other peoples really
think of the boys who have been sent
to those countries from our schools
There are noble exceptions-but they
are exceptions. These crudities go
straight into the highest places of our
government
Fruit of All Peoples
Are our people worse than others? ?
No, we are not. AS fine human ma
terial is here as is to be found any
where in the world Our babies are
wonderful. Their blood is the fruit of
all peoples: they have the values of
their origins; they are physically
sound and mentally bright They
grow tall and strong, they are agile
and athletic, they love sports and
games, they are gay and humorous
and frank. They are also selfish, ar
rogant and inclined to cruelty. They
sponsibilities to humanity. They are
in pleasure.
The real job of education is so to
teach the young that they see their
relation to the community, which to-
day is the world. Let them see and
the poverty, the ilIiteracy,
the problems which confront most of
the worlds people. So teach them |
that it is their responsibility to solve |
world problems-because they can be |
solved. Share with young people the
Information which we have on these
problems, and let them discover with
,our guidance, whether what we know
S enough, and if not, what are the
fields of our ignorance? Stimulate
hem to realize that they can widen
knowledge for all of US. Help them
o grow up knowing that they can
make the world good.
We blind our children with nation
.lism: we stunt their minds with in
destinations instead of stimulating
heir minds to think and act in world
erms. We isolate them from the pos {
Utility of understanding and enjoying j
Their peoples by teaching them the
rrogance of our superiority. without J
ven giving them the wisdom to in
uire into this so-called superiority f
0 see if indeed it is true. {
We are only one among many peo-
les. There are others who have lived lc
of years longer than we p
ave. Our young men and women
-ent from our schoolrooms to China y
nd India. to Egypt and Africa, and t
anne back without having seen any h
ling because they had not been v
lught to see Their minds had il
1opped growing, their eyes were al v
lady closed. t
End to Boredom
If you make the life of the world
lie life of the children you teach. if !,
III refuse to stupefy them with the :
arrow prejudices of their local COM =
may lose your job. But :,
promise you one thing-there will !.
an end to boredom for everybody
| would ask every teacher, what is
ur own attitude toward the world W
day? Is it one of hopeIessness? Is III
one of unconcern-none of your ~
siness what happens in Washington II
in India-or in Argentina or Lon re
n? Do you just grind away in your !"
hooIroom and ask no questions even Ie
out your home town? III
If so, please stop teaching-pIease 10
something else - anything eIseI
is attitude must not be given to
,ers, and it will be-even if all that fla
taught is just grade arithmeticl an
The teachers state of mind, indif- Sc
ent, escapist, uninterested in the pr
rid and its peoples, will permeate tot
teaching. He will make arith- VIC
tic horribly dull and the children lit
mt understand that fractions and be
FINALS have anything to do with for
inland then they can't understand wa
m.