Why is History Read So Little? An Address to Parents, Teachers, And Members of Fashionable Society
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You are making good or bad, wise or ignorant, industrious or idle men and women, who are yet to fill your places, and perform the duties you now perform. Is it not far more noble to be the father of a John Stuart Mill, than to be the richest man in London? Is it not far nearer true womanhc»od to be the mother of a Washington, than the most fashionable and most fas- cinating woman of 'New York? The second reason why history is so little read is 11 on account of its not being taught in a correct ...man- ner at school. This very often is caused b}' the Educational Boards who try to govern the teacher too much. A manual is given the instructor. So much time is allowed for each stud}^, and so much ground must be gone over in so many weeks. The Board has no knowledge of the pupils to be instruct- ed, while the teacher has; but still they hamper his work by obliging him to teach as they direct. ^ext in importance to the parents, is the responsi- bility which rests with the teacher. Until the child is far advanced in his studies, a lady teacher is pj-e- ferable to a gentleman She should be "well versed upon all the subjects she teaches, though she cannot be as thorough in half a dozen ixs the college pro- fessor is in two, yet the pupil does not require as pro- found learning as the student at the university.
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