The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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A child cannot be educated for author- ity on lesser books , with sophisticated people , with pointless play instead of work , with ordered lessons in school in place of the dear disorder ...
A child cannot be educated for author- ity on lesser books , with sophisticated people , with pointless play instead of work , with ordered lessons in school in place of the dear disorder ...
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They must think children , in terms of men and women ; and must educate them for society . We parents must think the child , must educate the child , not for society , but for himself for authority . The teachers , looking upon their ...
They must think children , in terms of men and women ; and must educate them for society . We parents must think the child , must educate the child , not for society , but for himself for authority . The teachers , looking upon their ...
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For they had , at least , The dark , unfathomed , infinite abyss , through whose obscure one of them must find his uncouth way ; whereas our unfallen children are run into the school machine at five , and earlier , as oranges into a ...
For they had , at least , The dark , unfathomed , infinite abyss , through whose obscure one of them must find his uncouth way ; whereas our unfallen children are run into the school machine at five , and earlier , as oranges into a ...
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Two of my children are in a Boston high school , having five hours of Latin , five of German , five of French , three of English , three of mathematics , three of history , two of military drill - twenty- six hours in all .
Two of my children are in a Boston high school , having five hours of Latin , five of German , five of French , three of English , three of mathematics , three of history , two of military drill - twenty- six hours in all .
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The Tuesday after , and the school - children of America are on the march a greater host than labor's , as its work is greater . ... cramping the growing child into practically a uniform vocational system , intellectually overfeeding ...
The Tuesday after , and the school - children of America are on the march a greater host than labor's , as its work is greater . ... cramping the growing child into practically a uniform vocational system , intellectually overfeeding ...
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