CHILDREN'S LESSONS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13714, 22 April 1910, Page 3

CHILDREN'S LESSONS.

TO THK EOITOH OF " THE PEESS."

Sir,—ln your issue of April ' 18th there are two letters, one signed "Parent," ;the other "Mrs Puzzled," on home-work, and the torture of children and worry of parents by the actions of school teachers. I have no doubt that this is true, and scores of parents can vouch for the same thing. I have noticed the cruel treatment to which the children are subjected, and have felt both for them and their parents. Now the few lines that I produce, and to which I claim no credit as to originality, will, I think, appeal to the feelings of a good many:

MAKING A MAtf. Hurry the baby as fast as you can. Hurry him, worry him, make him a man. Off with his baby clothes, g«t him in pants, Feed him on brain foods and make him od-

vance. Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk, Into a grammar school; cram him with'talk. Fill his poor h_>_d full of fijrures and facts, Keen on a jamming it in til! it cracks. Once boys grew up at a rational rut., Now we develop a man while you wait. Bush him through college, compel him to grab Of every known subject, a dip and a dab. Get him in business and after the cash, All by the time he can raise a moustache. I_«t him forg»t he i ra» ever a boy. Make gold his god, and its jingle his joy. Keep him «_ hustling and clear out of breath, Until he wins—nervous prostration and death. Yours, etc.. EDUCATION.