Money Value of Education.
Charles Reade, the novelist, who was President of the London School Board, and who devoted much time to educational matters, after years of careful examination of the matter, came to the conclusion that a common -school education was not an aid to pecuniary success. He did not find, after long inquiry, that labourers who had had the advantages ot instruction in schools received any higher wages or were entitled to better pay than those who had never been at school. Overseere of establishments where skilled labourers were employed informed him that a very large proportion of the best workmen, while not entirely illiterate, were ignorant of every branch of education except reading, writing, and the computation of simple numbers. Still they acquired very great skill, and were the men in whom the managers placed the greatest reliance. They had their minds on their work It; was their entire ambition to succeed in it. They learned very readily, because thoy had not many things to think about. They never spent long times in discussing literary, scientific, or political matters. They were not inclined to seek other employments, or to wander over the earth to find a place whore they could live more easily. With very rare exceptions they had a memory for little things, especially those that pertained to their business. They never forgot the information that was imparted to them about how to conduct operations, and they always knew where every tool wanted for occasional use was kept.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 3
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252Money Value of Education. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 3
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