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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
weakness and sentimentality. We are to be kind, yet firm. And let
teachers remember that while decision is needful, they are never to
be harsh or condemnatory, never to manifest an overbearing spirit.
Let them keep calm, revealing the better way by refusing to be
provoked to anger.
God wants us to demonstrate His love by showing a living inter-
est in the youth under our care. Hold them up before the Lord, and
ask Him to do for them what you cannot do. Let them see that you
realize your need of divine help.
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The teacher should constantly aim at simplicity and effective-
ness. He should teach largely by illustration, and even in dealing
with older pupils should be careful to make every explanation plain
and clear. Many pupils well advanced in years are but children in
understanding.—
Education, 233
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