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AN AMERICAN SCHOOL. 199
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beautiful ; her father was French , and she has something of the to south keep in out her the . Her cold ; pup the ils boys are look nice of looking a roug " , all her airs dressed class and than well the enoug girls and h ,
because sive American crinolines girls their have indescribable were from eleven to sixteen graces , and , one boy expan " Miss even D seventeen _'Orfeuille or ; was eighteen iving ages ;— them average a lesson , twelve in history . —as usual ,
no the other history . of In America the hig , h for school g in this they intermediate begin with school English they history study and knew
and study general history after . They seemed interested a great deal . received the princi
" Then we went to another roomand were by - teachers pal of the one scho knows ol , Mr . so Masson well , a one man , of those whose _nervoLis whole soul active was -brained in the
, work class . of boys He was and asking girls , questions questions in in interest mental and arithmetic compound of interest a large , both
boys and it and was girls marvellous . I said the to Mr way . Masson in which , " Do they you were find answered any difference by in things boys and and girls are ? " comparing " No , none all the whatever boys with , they all learn the g exactl irls y exactl the y same the
same in , capacity , . " Now this is very valuable testimony , , for Mr . Masson experience has taug his ht theory some was thousands that of if boys irls and went girls into . This the - hi was ghest his
branches of ; mathematics they , would fail g . Of this he had no proof . "I went into another room of eighty or ninety girls and boys to Miss Orfeuille
who compositions taught quite by fascinated a young some woman were me , and good , and heard — then one fifteen especiall went or down twent ydescribing y girls D read ' different their ,
homesthe drunkard , ' s home was very strongly , delineated with very black coloring , But it is a mistake to make the children write
. the compositions children left . Abstract I had a s long of reading chat with are Miss much D'O better ., when . she As said soon the as
quick girls were at arithmetic not so , good . I as said the , " boys I believe to teach you , and like she teaching found boys them do best less she ,
even when they are less quick than girls . " " Certainly I , " lating haps said . it interest 6 is « That , but is you wh at see y your book the - g g ke irls irls have ing are they not no reason so will forward not to be make . " quick " any Well at use calcu per of - -
their She said knowledge " those or . " who I did then any asked thing ep " what would , their be teachers professions . I would get ninet be ? y "
five Masson same school pounds work , two sing as a hundred year men ing , , some reading get and half lad fift writing the y y teachers pounds pay arithmetic . ; The one women subjects hundred geograp who tau do pounds h exactl g y ht , history in , y the the . ,
, are , , , , and maps composition on the walls . . There The are history few diagrams and geograp used hy , and lessons no p are ictures learned nor
at " home I remarked , so many a want pages of to ge a ne lesson ral lesson . s and knowledge of common
An American School. 199
AN AMERICAN _SCHOOL . 199
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/55/
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