Perennial Problem
‘THis time of year is particularly suited to the broadcasting of such talks os those given by J. D. McDonald on the perennial topic, "So You're Sending Your Child to Secondary Sehool?" Parents read, from time to time, much upon the question of what to do with the child who has just passed the sixth standard; information and misinformstion is showered on them by well-mean-ing relatives and friends; sometimes, by the time the actual moment of decision is reached, parents have arrived at the state of not being able to make up their minds one way or the other, and the offspring often makes up the parents’ minds for them by taking a job in the meantime and presenting them with a fait accompli, Mr. McDonald. intends his advice for such parents, as. well as those whose minds are already made up. His. first talk included a straightforward ace
count of the new curriculum, detailing the "core" subjects which are required for study and the possibilities of enlarging and supplementing them according to the pupil’s nature and intelligence. Nowadays, surely, no parent is so hatd up that he or she cannot afford to keep a child at secondary school for a few years, and‘I heartily second Mr. McDonald’s appeal to all parents, "If your child has average ability and you can afford it, please give him his chance!"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 396, 24 January 1947, Page 18
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230Perennial Problem New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 396, 24 January 1947, Page 18
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