SCHOLASTIC.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4446, 5 April 1883, Page 3

SCHOLASTIC.

: (To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib,—l was exceedingly amused the other day to^find a teacher begging pupils .Upon tbeTery fair and plausible promise ■ that next December he will present them for a scholarship examination, give them extra, tuition, <fee. I look upon this as being very mean, and not only that, but it shows that that individual is not able to work up his school by straightforward honestlteaehing. It is not likely that any teacher could do wonders in nine months. The system of cramming must be adopted', - which will certainly fill his or her head with a lot of Shakespeare, agricul tural chemistry, &c, without any actual understanding of the sub ject he or she has committed to memory.' I give honor to the teacher who works up his school upon his own . .merit, who endeavors to impart instrucJ.tion honestly without cramming, a system ' which, if continued, will certainly prove baneful—and instead of progression there will be retrogression. I strongly recom» mend teachers to increase their attendance by honest, faithful work, or else they will soon, be brought to realise the truth of the proverb "It is never too late to mend."—l am, &c , NoN SIBI, SED OMNIBUS.