Lectures on School-keepingRichardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1830 - 136 sidor |
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Sida 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Sida 114 - Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
Sida 114 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Sida 40 - MORAL Philosophy, Morality, Ethics, Casuistry, Natural Law, mean all the same thing ; namely, that science which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it.
Sida 40 - Happier are they, whom the hand of instruciton, before they are able to make the inquiry for themselves, has been guiding in the path of knowledge and virtue."* This is the appropriate work of the parent and the primary school teacher. But alas, how many parents wholly neglect it ! Hence a greater responsibility devolves on the teacher. " Moral philosophy," says Dr. Paley, " is that science which teaches men their duty, and the reasons of it.
Sida 28 - Other causes may hava their influence ; but the seat of the difficulty may be traced to the disinclination in the districts, to make adequate compensation for the required talents and services. This is demonstrated by the fact, that those districts which adopt a liberal course, have able teachers and good schools. The business of education should be committed to the best talents in the country ; and it is in vain to think of procuring the choicest fruits without paying the market price. The monthly...
Sida 14 - We see the magic influence of our schools, in the habits of industry, sobriety and order which prevail in the community ; in the cheerful obedience yielded to the laws, and in the acts of charity and benevolence, which are every day multiplied around us. Rarely have we seen a native of our state, paying his life to her violated laws,"* if his early years were spent in the schools of our land.
Sida 104 - ... was very different from yours, as I see the effect on your feelings was very different from what was produced on mine. That miserable man, you at once perceive, is crazy. He has bundles of rags on his sled, which, perhaps, he values, though they can be of no service to him. You perceived he looked pale and emaciated ; he was so weak as scarcely to be able to draw his load. He is very poorly shielded from the cold of winter, and will very probably perish in the snow. Now tell me, my scholars,...
Sida 4 - But let the character of the teachers be improved, and improvement in schools will follow of course. To accomplish this object, it is desirable that institutions should be established for educating teachers, where they should be taught not only the necessary branches of literature, but, be made acquainted with the science of teaching and the mode of governing a school with success. The general management of a school should be a subject of much study, before one engages in the employment of teaching,...