SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
TO THE EDITOB. Sir, — I am sorry to see you, in Saturday's issue, throw cold water on the Hamilton West schoolmaster's attempt to improve the educating power of his establishment. It is a significant fact that the custom of daily marks for every lesson /detains" to & veYy -large extent in the Grammar Schools of England, which receive boys very much of the same stamp as those who go to the Government schools in this colony. I really think that the statement of partiality and-f a vouritism is beside the mark,. A boy auswers a question and is marked for it ; a boy does a copy, and is marked for it ; and anyone can see for themselves, by comparing the marks for a period of three months, whether the marking is fairly done; besides which,, by daily marks, duly added up at tiie end of the 'week, master and pupil alike are able, to see what progress has been made in each boy s case, and it promotes a healiny spirit of .emulation. There are .very few ; boys who would not feel gratified at .seeing so quick a., return for their workas '.the possession of a'sehior place fora week. <If ttie 'daily' marks >i?e, added to the examination marks at th.6' end ,of ? the year, then, a fairer would. be had pf the .boys' work, and attainment? than, jn any other way.-rj am,'&c, . w , -
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1355, 8 March 1881, Page 3
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