Why, It Is As Easy

Children Require Guidance And Sympathy Far More Than Instruction.

Why, It Is As Easy To Teach The Name Of An Idea, If It Is Clearly Formulated In The Child's Mind, As To Teach The Name Of An Object.

I Cannot Explain It; But When Difficulties Arise, I Am Not Perplexed Or Doubtful. I Know How To Meet Them.

Is It Not True, Then, That My Life With All Its Limitation Touches At Many Points The Life Of The World Beautiful? Everything Has Its Wonders, Even Darkness And Silence, And I Learn, Whatever State I May Be, Therein To Be Content.

The Wrong Things Are Predominantly Stressed In The Schools - Things Remote From The Student's Experience And Need.