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In writing a review of two books on child-study (an early term for child psychology), my great grandfather wrote:
That was in 1896. I think "slowly" is too generous a progress estimate. I look forward to the day that America really comes to see that educating children is worth paying (properly) for.
Teaching is an art; teachers are artists, and those who would enter the "profession" should recognize the necessity of special training for the work. The American public is slowly coming to see that education is not simply a formal process; that a teacher needs something more than the capacity to read a text-book prescribed by an unscientific board, and to hear the children "recite" their lessons; that the education of young children is one of the most important subjects that can occupy the public mind, that it should be in the hands of experts, and that it is worth paying for.
That was in 1896. I think "slowly" is too generous a progress estimate. I look forward to the day that America really comes to see that educating children is worth paying (properly) for.
