CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12] — Page 102

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you place yourselves in a false and humiliating position. You cannot read a single sentence of classical epistolary official or commercial Chinese; you have laboriously worked it up with your teacher. You cannot write in Chinese the words or sentences which you stand up before your classes to teach. Your boys cannot; you can do it but have indeed the advantage over them in one way.

You walk into the class room with a crib in your hand, bid your Chinese teacher read and explain the Chinese texts while you, with your hand, copy from it and write on the blackboard a poor translation done, however, in good English. Then you dismiss your Chinese teacher and tell the boys to transfer to their manuscripts what you have written on the board. They commonly do so, making all sorts of blunders which are never corrected. But the advantage of the plan is that these operations occupy two thirds or three fourths of the time allotted for the lesson.

When at last they have finished, you barely have 10 or 15 minutes left for the examination, which follows. You call out four or five boys with the Chinese text in their hands, read a few words from the English translation, and ask each boy to read the corresponding Chinese words. If you are wise, you confine yourself to that and go away satisfied that you have

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you place yourselves in a false and humiliating position. You cannot read a single sentence of classical epistolary official or commercial Chinese; you have laboriously worked it up with your teacher. You cannot write in Chinese the words or sentences which you stand up before your classes to teach. Your boys cannot; you can do it but have indeed the advantage over them in one way. You walk into the class room with a crib in your hand, bid your Chinese teacher read and explain the Chinese texts while you, with your hand, copy from it and write on the blackboard a poor translation done, however, in good English. Then you dismiss your Chinese teacher and tell the boys to transfer to their manuscripts what you have written on the board. They commonly do so, making all sorts of blunders which are never corrected. But the advantage of the plan is that these operations occupy two thirds or three fourths of the time allotted for the lesson. When at last they have finished, you barely have 10 or 15 minutes left for the examination, which follows. You call out four or five boys with the Chinese text in their hands, read a few words from the English translation, and ask each boy to read the corresponding Chinese words. If you are wise, you confine yourself to that and go away satisfied that you have
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you place yourselves in a false and humiliating position. You cannot read a single bentence of classical epistolary official I or commercial, Chinese' you have laberiably up with al inless worked it your teacher. You cannot write in Chinese the words or sentences which stand up before your you classes to trach. Your boys cannot. you can do it but have indeed the advantage lover them in one walk into the class room with way. Yo Chinese teacher. with a cribin your hid him read and explain the Chinese texts while you, your hand, copy from it and write on the black. board a pour translation done, however, in good English. Then you dismiss your teacher and and tell the the. 101 boys to transfer to their manuscripts what you have written on the board. They Comume do so, making all sorts of blunders which are never corrected. But the advantage of the plan is that these operation two thirds or three fourths of the time allotted for the lesson. When at last they have finished, you barely have 10 or 15 minutes left for the exhibition, which follows. You call out four for five boys with Chinese text in their hands, you read a only the few words from the English translation and ask each bey to read the corresponding bhinese words. If you are wise you confine yourself to that and go away satisfied that you have
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you place yourselves in a false and humiliating position. You cannot read a

single bentence of classical epistolary official I or commercial, Chinese' you have laberiably

up with

al

inless

worked it

your teacher. You cannot write in Chinese

the words or sentences which

stand up before your you classes to trach. Your boys cannot. you

can do it but

have indeed the advantage

lover them in one

walk into the class room with

way.

Yo

Chinese teacher.

with a cribin

your hid him read and explain the Chinese texts while you,

your hand, copy from it and write on the black. board a pour translation done, however, in good English. Then you dismiss

your

teacher

and

and tell the the.

101

boys to transfer

to their manuscripts what

you have written on the board. They

Comume

do so, making all sorts of blunders which are never corrected. But the advantage of the plan is that these operation two thirds or three fourths

of the time allotted for the lesson. When at last they have finished, you

barely

have 10 or 15 minutes left for the exhibition, which follows. You call out four for five boys

with

Chinese text in their hands,

you

read a

only

the

few words

from

the English translation

and ask each

bey

to read

the corresponding bhinese words. If you

are wise

you confine yourself to that and go away satisfied that you

have

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