FALLIBILITY.
The necessity which teachers are under of being perfectly sure of their statements, or else of being not too positive in making them, was illustrated recently by an incident of actual occurrence in a public high school. A pupil was reading, during a recitation in English literature, while the teacher, with no book iu his hand and with folded arms, walked up and down the recitation-room. • Hypocrisy, says La Rouchefoucauld, is the homage which vice pays to virtue,’ the pupil read. ‘ That is very true,’ said the teacher, ‘ but don’t say Aomage : say 'oinage : the h is not sounded.* • ’Omage,’ said the pupil, obediently. • Read on, now.’ • Sir,’ said the pupil, ‘ may I please read the note at the foot of the page T’ • You may do so.’ The pupil read : * Humaye : In pronouncing this word, the h is frequently omitted by uneducated persons. It should always be sounded.’ In some cases there is absolutely nothing to be said, and on this occasion the teacher said it.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIII, 31 March 1894, Page 311
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168FALLIBILITY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIII, 31 March 1894, Page 311
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