Excerpt from Manual and Course of Study, Elementary Schools
Carefully correct and supervise all written work done in your school. So much is absolutely imperative. This will, however, be of no avail unless the pupil in some way corrects his own errors. This may be done by re-writing, perhaps in some other way.
Have exercises at least three times a week in sight reading of suitable selections not previously studied by the pupils.
In all recitations, call upon dull, slow pupils as often as upon the bright, quick pupils.
Insist upon absolute, prompt, and unquestioning obedience. Do not baby the pupils. Do not notice slight injuries nor small griefs. Teach pupils to be self-reliant and self - helpful. Insist that all such work as passing paper, pencils, books, collecting and arranging, etc., shall be quickly done by the pupils and not by the teacher.
Insist that all pupils shall speak distinctly and loudly enough to be heard, and, more important, that the speech shall be articulate. On the other hand, the teacher should speak in a low, pleasant, distinct voice. Pupils are often encouraged in indistinct speech by standing too near the teacher during a recitation. Let every teacher guard against talking too much. The talking teacher is always an unskillful teacher. There should be the minimum amount of talk on the part of the teacher and the maximum on the part of the pupil. Your work is effective if you talk little and your pupils talk freely.
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