Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - Element of Inspiration in the Schools (1902) [PAGE 18]

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B k for an earlj and urate measureraenl of the work of th< ll • ttei than non and for the ci I ii has ,1,;u1 tne Dette ' «" than they used to be, bul ii tends to routin and it acts igainst individuality and do< not oncouraj h0WJ r8 1 traits withoul which on m-\ ,- ,-j s . above th<

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And ill idii > the pupila results in the grading of th< f ~ also- 'Ii.- pupils move on from one grade to the next; ii tli«' i a are stationary and their work and theii :• impletelv circumscribed. Ii is not their fault: the-i >nseienti us ei ;b; they would broaden out and go forwa 1 old. [f ili. administration of the schools is n • on :1 ui influen if growth is i rtain to win a posh ion at r influent and better pay, and if steadiness and r are sure i > be I < rded with tin* commendation and t of a community, they will broaden and strengthen and the work of the school with a spirit which gives life and inspiration I pupils. Ii* the reverse of these condition prevails mil I in of unusual stuff if they do not su :umb to uith.-rii routine of the unending -rind and becom nn hani :] autom in the pint cup of a single .made The pro nalization of tin* schools tends to separate thorn f ,, ii, p pie. I am not saying thai the advantages of this [0 n ,ulu i, the disadvantages; 1 am only calling attention ad that there are disadvantag The schools are not to popular sentiment. Parents do not understand . v rauch thai is >in on in them and ai impliedly told that p j s bevond bem and thai they ran not expect to understand.

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, i onfounded if they can only believe thai their chil onger than they arc, hut w ill be better and brighter and Specialization has in sonn t) v D DOj down their incredulity. [Section b< n carried to an extent which is absurd, and th< i(|< . nI II1(| conflicting wisdom of educational experts on phya i peopl< i r ; | j ; | I | ( | m ental ami spiritual subtleties is confoundin j i, iiiin^s eriously, ami amusing to men ami womeu