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The Voice in Speech and Song
Kindness in Reproof—Let the teacher bring peace and love and
cheerfulness into his work. Let him not allow himself to become angry
or provoked. The Lord is looking upon him with intense interest, to
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see if he is being molded by the divine Teacher.
The child who loses his self-control is far more excusable than the
teacher who allows himself to become angry and impatient. When
a stern reproof is to be given, it may still be given in kindness. Let
the teacher beware of making the child stubborn by speaking to him
harshly. Let him follow every correction with drops of the oil of
kindness. He should never forget that he is dealing with Christ in the
person of one of Christ’s little ones.
Let it be a settled maxim that in all school discipline, faithfulness
and love are to reign. When a student is corrected in such a way that
he is not made to feel that the teacher desires to humiliate him, love
for the teacher springs up in his heart.—
Counsels to Parents, Teachers,
and Students, 212
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