American Annals of the Deaf Volume 63 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...as found in reading that there will be no conglomeration of synonyms and idioms. This will take time and labor on the part of both the pupil and teacher but school means labor; otherwise it has no right to exist. This labor however can be made pleasurable, approaching even play, and the deaf child will make such rapid progress in understanding that the teacher will soon be at his wit's end to find suitable material for its perusal. Before we leave Mr. Jenkins we wish to say that he evidently did not express all that was in his heart concerning this matter in the article referred to, for he gave to the profession a very valuable book, "Talks and Stories." This would indicate his inclination to teach the deaf to read. It is very difficult for a writer to tell all he has in mind touching all the phases of any one subject. He may emphasize one phase and the reader quickly draws a conclusion to which ihe writer would not agree if his attention were called to it. This conglomeration observed by Mr. Jenkins was a serious matter and so he inveighed against it; but I am quite sure he would have recommended to the persevering teacher bountifully supplied with interesting books to stick to the reading until conglomeration had disappeared and his pupils would have a fairly clear understanding of the meaning of synonyms and idioms. This ability to discern and apply is the goal of the interested teacher for his pupils. But this means books in great numbers and of many varieties. The school which launches into general reading must expect to back it up with quite a large expenditure of money. All children are hard on books. It means, therefore, the replacing of books destroyed and adding to the stock already on hand from year to year. It means that the teacher mu...