The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-03-04
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Children Affected BY Parents
Growing Up During Depression

teacher. a superintendent and
parent discussed the school pro
Efam from their respective points
OF View at the Amelia Education
association $ winter meeting
Mrs tecilt- Saunders. sixth grade.
teacher. q A. Norton. Amelia sup
eiiIltcndeIit Vi schools, and John
Smith. Amelia banker. were the
speakers.
Mrs Saunders emphasized the
Importance OF a school program
serving the locality. and, at the
same time, preparing boys and
girls FOR service in world with.
out bounds.
In Amelia. this means serving
the needs OF children from homes
with very low or medium economic
standards She said. since the
average income Is less than s. 600
4 year,
Children Of Depression
Perhaps our children have been
affected by the fact that their par
ents grew up during the depression
These parents try 10 provide for
their children all the things they
had TO do without
In other words. the emphasis IS
often in the wrong place The chill
iren are often getting things too
easily, and this attitude carries
over into the school.
In subject matter. Mrs Saunders
expressed a belief that Johnny can
read. but that there are problems
IN arithmetic better foundation
needed. particularly with problem
solving spelling making it carry
over In al written WORK and lam
>guage little Is Introduced In the
sixth grade, leaving much 10 be
covered in the seventh
These Who Don't Respond
She discussed the problem Of the
child who doesn't respond no mat
Ter what We do and asked about
the possibility Of special class for
those who have spent extra years
through the grades and are much
behind others their age
Norton. in his first year as super
lntendent. told the association that
he had been analyzing the school
program m terms Of what the
school attempts 10 do preparing
students for college. business. nurs-
ing. at the same time recognizing
that it is the terminal edpcauon fol
many
This year there are q Amelia
High School graduates attending II
different colleges. All bat five OF
those were recommended SIX VIII
receive their degrees this year.
three Of those are planning ID teach J
Made Deans List
How well are they doing2 -Four
Is per cent--made the dean list
OF SIX al one school. three are in
the second tenth OF their class. two
p the fifth tenth and one III The
hlnth tenth One a science-math
MAJOR. Is an A student
Three students failed one CT more
subjects Two d! them Nh languages
I'D one in math No one failed III
English OF science.
or the 81 1857 graduates. all took
four years Of English and one year
each Of government and United
States history In he math field
- per cent had one year Of algebra
end 81 per cent had two years. Of
u Forty per cont had on year Of
plane geometry and IS per cent had
one year b. solid geometry and
trlgononletry
Abo4 ~ PER cent took general
%eienca course % per cent took 4
year Of chemistry. Il pet cent a.
year 81 physics and 81 per cent
scar Of biology
Nearly All Took Tipping
Nearly all-92 per cent took
year Of tipping % took two years of
i About han q per cent took
bookkeeping
Less than hall - pcr cent took
world history
Ten OF those 81 graduates are at
ending college , entered ntffcints