CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 424

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matcover it is

in England;

Faought to be to the advantage of the purpils. Alternativo questions, however, only occured in the upper divsoe and in the subjects Composition, Stistory, Geography and Iupil Feachers Thes=

rehial Work.

" applied ." This appears to us to beg question.

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the

(g) " The slashing condemnation. " of every subject but Map - drawing!!!

is an

"The

exaggeration. In the same letter (par. 12) the Stead Master

says Exammiers praise Reading, Colloquial,

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Composition and Grammar in Classes

gave

the

2.(4)

I and I A

and

je) The Examiners dictation thauserves so as to secure,

as far as possible, uniformity of style. (See however, loker remarks p. 10).

(f) The stead Master complains of the inexperience of the Examiners. One of them has had 12 years of teaching examining in Secondary Schools in England, and the other has had, from time to time, experience in similar work, during his residence of

and ex

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years in China. It is also stated

that "the slaughter of the innocents "there (? in the Report or the Tables of

Marks) uniformly depicted, is a "Reduch's ad Absurdum of

the standard.

appired

3.

reference to the -

Report will show that a weed of praise

ASD

giver to the work in other subjects. In Algebra, Book keeping

and Shakepere

the Report so for from being a slacking

condemnation, is a pointed commendation.

(h) If there was

any

Lack

of dra.

matic power and interest in the delivery,

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given

to Classes II to V for

of anecdotes. Composition, the Examiners were not cave the story

an

Assistant Master.

responsible, for in every was delivered by Morcover, paraphrases of the stories were given by the Chinese Masters in Kree out of the four Classes so examined;

of the

and

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