The Continuation School in the United States (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Continuation School in the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur J. Jones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Continuation School in the United States First, it indicates that the schools in the upper grades fail to meet the enlarged needs and interests of the great majority of the young people to whom it may be reasonably expected that they should minister. Secondly, it indicates that the greatest proportionate withdrawal, being in the upper grades, is among the brighter children. To be specific: \vhen the last grammar grade is reached, only 40 per cent of the pupils entering school are left. AS stated, this 40 per cent represents the brighter element. An elimination of a third of these represents a greater loss to society than does the same numerical loss lower down in the grades. It is likewise true that the most of those eliminated in the higher grades are not so gifted as the verv few who stay still longer. Since the interests of the young are constantly widening as they ascend the grades, it is increasingly difficult for the school to meet their needs. The stronger the pupil the stronger will outside interests appeal to him and attract him away from the pursuit of studies in which he has comparatively little interest. Hence, during this time, among those who will be the first to leave school on any pretext will be many who would, with proper training, become in uential leaders in society. But for want of it they are too often subjected to the deadening in uence of the treadmill of the factory and the shop and lose all the ambition they once had for improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."