It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.
The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.
A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.
The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
