THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
' EXAMINATIONS UPHELD , , There should be no examinations for the very young, said Sir H. J. D.. . Mahon, headmaster of the Grammar School, in af. paper delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Auckland Educational Conference. Mr; Mahon remarked that examinations hadbeen-. ; compared with the plucking up of- roots , to. see how young plants were doing, •; but he contended, they hod an important value in gauging resulti*. Also vhey made pupils and teachers work steadily and to a time-table and dove- • loped the power of working up a sub- rM~. ? ject for a purpose, which had a direct ~ . bearing on the success of a professional or business career. Dealing with , the } effect of examinations on, creative minds, Mr .'Mahon said genius, instead of being suppressed, would always assert itself, and, as far as the. great, ma- .•.■■■ jority of people was concerned, . they had to be trained to work. He admitted, however that the examination sys- •. tern was liable to tie a teacher down too strictly to his syllabus.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1930, Page 4
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171THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1930, Page 4
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