verage 6 to 8 hours
I
of health. The school hours.
ecessary to prepare the children.
for examination are on
the additional demand, that
235
examination will be 300 half-day attendances of not less than 4 hours each, or 150 whole-day attendances
a.
day and
of
not less than.
Light home
each, at
/
each scholar
shall attend 200
days
a year, leaves too small a
margin for
case
of ordinary
sickness, In a
Colony where
measles, smallpox and a mild form of cholera are rampant every year, and where during the
summer months the heat is
more trying than in
Singapore
or
Ceylon, the demand
of 200 attendances, as compared with the 100 attendances required in Singapore and Ceylon, is a hardship against which I protested
I would
in 1879, ten years ago.
recommend that the Singapore
or Ceylon rules be adopted or that
at least the following rule be substituted, "The basis of
examination
shall be the instruction in the subjects of the
several standards, in the course
of the
year.
"
(6) Over-pressure. Overpressure has been defined lately (by a Prussian Commission) as existing where
the brain work demanded
of scholars is excessive either as regards quantity or time, or as the imposition of excessive labour " on certain organs, to wit, the "brain and nervous system", whether
"by demanding too much work of them in a
given time or
by
"habitually keeping those organs
at work too long.
A
more together."
In Hongkong such overpressure does not occur in the purely Chinese Schools because the study of the Chinese language
takes the
foremost...
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Average 6 to 8 hours
I
of health. The school hours.
Necessary to prepare the children.
for examination are on
the additional demand, that
235
examination will be 300 half-day attendances of not less than 4 hours each, or 150 whole-day attendances
a day and
of not less than.
Light home
each, at
each scholar
shall attend 200
days a year, leaves too small a margin for
cases of ordinary sickness. In a Colony where
measles, smallpox, and a mild form of cholera are rampant every year, and where during the
summer months the heat is more trying than in
Singapore or Ceylon, the demand of 200 attendances, as compared with the 100 attendances required in Singapore and Ceylon, is a hardship against which I protested.
I would in 1879, ten years ago, recommend that the Singapore or Ceylon rules be adopted or that at least the following rule be substituted, "The basis of examination shall be the instruction in the subjects of the several standards, in the course of the year."
(6) Over-pressure. Overpressure has been defined lately (by a Prussian Commission) as existing where the brain work demanded of scholars is excessive either as regards quantity or time, or as the imposition of excessive labour "on certain organs, to wit, the 'brain and nervous system'", whether "by demanding too much work of them in a given time or by 'habitually keeping those organs at work too long.'"
A more...
together.
In Hongkong, such overpressure does not occur in the purely Chinese Schools because the study of the Chinese language takes the foremost...
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verage 6 to 8 hours
I
of health. The scholl hours.
ecessary to prepare the children.
for sxanuiration are on
the additional demand, that
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a.
day and
of
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/
each scholar
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of.
trying than in
Ceylon, the demand
200 attendances, as compared with the 100 attendances required ui Surgapore and Cylon, is a hardship against which I protested
I would
in 1879, ten years ago. recommend that the Singapore.
or Aylon rules be adopted or that
at least the following rule be substituted, "The basis of
examination.
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several standards, un the course
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year.
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the brani work demande d
of scholars is excessive either as regards quantity or time, or as the imposition of excessive labour " on certain organs, to wit, the "brani and nervor
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"by demanding too much work of them in a
given time or
by
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