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Or she may, as is much more frequently the case, choose to join a great many classes, so as to fill up, perhaps, her whole schedule with recitations, in which case she must downingtown hotels 19335 prepare all her lessons at home. ' "'They seem to be very busy; they are very industrious, good boys. I should like, therefore, to have two committees appointed; one, to count and report the number of nails in the entry, and also how much room there is for more; the other, to ascertain the number of scholars in school. One day, when every thing had gone smoothly and pleasantly, the teacher told the boy, at the close of school, that he wanted to talk with him a little, and asked him to walk home with him.
Another way to awaken interest in the studies of the school, is to bring out as frequently, and as distinctly, as possible, the connexion between these studies and the practical business of life. "They are epistles or letters.
C. How many plead guilty to this?" After mentioning such other faults as occurred to him, relating chiefly to the form of the table, and the mere mechanical execution of the work, he said: "I think I shall not look at your slates to-day. By this plan also the teacher obtains what is almost absolutely necessary at the commencement of his labors, time for _observation_. They very wisely chose the latter plan, and the study card was constructed and put up to mark the times of free communication, and of silent study.
By these, and perhaps by other means, it is the duty of the teacher to satisfy himself that his pupils are really attentive to their duties. If ever I see your desk in such a state again, I shall most certainly punish you. The second to write twenty, containing only adverbs. " "Yes sir, Yes sir," said the boys. ' "'They seem to be very busy; they are very industrious, downingtown hotels 19335 good boys.
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) Every thing which is unpleasant in the discipline of the school should be attended to, as far as possible, privately.
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In the latter, his knowledge is only imperfectly his own; he can make use of it only under favorable circumstances. Now you see, that according to the first of these senses, all the hats in this school, belong to your fathers. The Principal accordingly went into the class, and something like the following dialogue ensued. | | | | | | | | +-------+----+-----+------+-----+--+--+------+------+--+--+-----+-----+ |MONDAY. This is no reason why they should be indulged, or why the order and regularity of the school should be sacrificed, but it should prevent their exciting feelings of anger or impatience, or very severe reprehension. Exhaustion, weariness, and anxiety will be your continual portion, and in such a state, no business can be successfully prosecuted. "The first fault, which I suppose will be found, is, that some are unfinished. _Sarah.
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