SCIENTIFIC TEACHING NEGLECTED
An old Taranaki farmer one day paid a visit to a larr?e school to see his nephew, a student there. The uncle had some decidedly rural customs, including the habit of poufdrng' his tea into his saucer. ( This act in particular irritated the nephew, who, at last said : ' Uncle, why do you pour your tea into your saucer ? ' ' • Thb old farmer looked up in surp-ise. Then he said, in .a loud, hearty voice : 4To cool it, to be 'sure. The more air surface you rjlive ib the quicker it cools. These modern) schools don't teach much science., do they ? '
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 2 May 1907, Page 37
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102SCIENTIFIC TEACHING NEGLECTED New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 2 May 1907, Page 37
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