Seventh Annual Report Of The Board Of Education

Author : Massachusetts Board Of Education
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266387893
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Education, Together with the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board, 1872-73 written by Massachusetts Board Of Education and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Education, Together With the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board, 1872-73: January, 1874 Notwithstanding the impression which seems to be quite com man, that children are less respectful and mannerly than in former times, the schools give evidence that there'is an increase of self-respect this is evinced in the better treatment of school property, in the diligence and application to school duties and in the absence of that spirit of insubordination with which the the teacher was formerly met on first entering his school, especially by the large boys. This change may result, in many instances, from the diminution in the size of the schools; but I am inclined to attribute it in great measure to the improved modes of discipline which are employed in the schools. May it not result from the employment of the same teachers, and those generally females, for both summer and winter? What ever the cause, it is gratifying to be able to state that, in the schools generally, rational modes of discipline seem to prevail. But while there is much to commend in the schools, and in the spirit with which they are sustained, the enlightened portion of the public is making a demand upon the schools for results more in accordance with the advance in material interests, in science and in the arts. I think there is justice in the demand, for I am constrained to say there is a great discrepancy between true teaching and the processes too generally pursued in the schools. In many instances the chief aim of the teacher is to keep the children in order, and make them commit to memory the words of the books; at best the studies are pursued as an end simply, with no intelligent reference to the development of the mind, either primarily or incidentally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.