CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12] — Page 115

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That which chiefly prevents the masters of this School from adopting their methods to the peculiar needs of their Chinese scholars, is the fact that no one master appears to have a free hand to choose methods, or elaborate his own on...

When I questioned masters as to why they did not apply certain obvious principles to the peculiar needs of their classes, I was invariably told that they are not at liberty to follow their own judgment in anything.

(6) Finally, the greatest curse of this Institution is the neglect of teaching elementary English in order to make a persistent attempt to secure for Oxford... the showy results of a secondary or high school. This is done before and instead of making this institution first of all a successful elementary school. Everything is sacrificed in this school to the desire of sending up a dozen boys every year to the Oxford Local Examinations (where a boy without being able to write a sentence in idiomatic English can gain honours), instead of enabling the remaining 700 boys mentally to assimilate solid English learning with their previous attainments in Chinese knowledge and to send them out into practical life fitted for it by the ability of speaking, reading, and writing English as well as Chinese with at least equal facility.

Suggestions as to ... The Study of Chinese child nature.

In conclusion, I hope you...

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That which chiefly prevents the masters of this School from adopting their methods to the peculiar needs of their Chinese scholars, is the fact that no one master appears to have a free hand to choose methods, or elaborate his own on... When I questioned masters as to why they did not apply certain obvious principles to the peculiar needs of their classes, I was invariably told that they are not at liberty to follow their own judgment in anything. (6) Finally, the greatest curse of this Institution is the neglect of teaching elementary English in order to make a persistent attempt to secure for Oxford... the showy results of a secondary or high school. This is done before and instead of making this institution first of all a successful elementary school. Everything is sacrificed in this school to the desire of sending up a dozen boys every year to the Oxford Local Examinations (where a boy without being able to write a sentence in idiomatic English can gain honours), instead of enabling the remaining 700 boys mentally to assimilate solid English learning with their previous attainments in Chinese knowledge and to send them out into practical life fitted for it by the ability of speaking, reading, and writing English as well as Chinese with at least equal facility. Suggestions as to ... The Study of Chinese child nature. In conclusion, I hope you...
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باسيوط الاب

that which chiefly prevents the masters of this School from adopting their methods to the peculiar seeds of their Chinese scholars, is the fact that no one master appears to have free hand to choose

methods.

or elaborate his own on

When I questioned masters

why they did not apply certain obvious principles to the peculiar needs of their classes, I was invariably told that they are not at liberty to follow their own judgment in anything.

here and there

(6) Finally the greatest

of t

Curse

?

Neglect of tax this Institution is the teaching in tary Englis

order to

persistent attempt to secure for Oxford de

хай Pexamine! the showy results of a secondary

or high school. This is done before and instead of, making

this

a succ

114

this institution first of all

eccessful elementary. school. Everything is sacrificed

in this school to the desire

شے

of sending up a dozen buys every year to the Oxford Local Examinations (where a boy without being able to write

can.

Lagain

honours

a sentence in idiomatic

you

English), instead of enabling the remaining 700 boys mentally to assimilate solid English learning with their previous attainments in Chinese knowledge and

to send them out into +

practical life fitted for it by the ability of speaking, reading. and writing

English as well as Chinese with at least equal facility.

Suggestions asto XL. The Study of Chinese hild nature.

In conclusion I hope

you

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