The Gavelyte, April 1907

The Gavelyte. VOL. II APRI L, 1907. NO. 4. The True Aitn of Education. BY .T . E. SHAW, A. B. '06. I will take for a working hypothesis that- The true aim of education is not to inje t, by fair mean or foul, a given number of facts and figures but rather to aid the student to discover his aptitude and to cultivat and de– velope it when found . First: Each student has his own aptitudes. econd: All do not study nor learn in the same way, different people have different temperaments. Third: 'l'bat some work and some do not. Fourth: That the one that won't work in any department should be discouraged as quick– ly a possible as he is no good. Then as to the teacher I as ume, - First: That he i conversant in hi department. Second : That he is cognizant of 1, 2, 3, 4, under pupils. Third: That he is above partiality. Fourth: That he can judge the talents of a student. Fifth : That he considers none but - his own department in his analysis. ixth: That if he does not fill these requirements he has no busines being a teacher. Now if I have correctly stated the aim of education and requirements of pupils and teacher it makes no difference if I hav left out some desira- - . hie qualities. The ones mentioned are sufficient. I will now take two students A. and B. They tart to school at the same, A has a talent for mathematics, B for languages. They are in the ame clas . Hut B cannot equal A in mathematics nor A equal B in languages. They both work, therefore the professorR in math me tics considers the matter thus- "B