. Francis W. Parker School studies in education. E^skimo life. Painting by first grade child. 106 CREATIVE EFFORT. Kalsomine painting by child of first grade. come to a painting lesson so filled with suggestions from an eagerteacher that it was impossible to secure creative results. A childcan be made to do a piece of dictated work, but is this the purposeof education in its true meaning? Should there not be a turningaway from immediate results to note the effect of the work on thechilds thinking? There is loveliness in an unspoiled childs honestwork. This charm of early expression, however, p
. Francis W. Parker School studies in education. E^skimo life. Painting by first grade child. 106 CREATIVE EFFORT. Kalsomine painting by child of first grade. come to a painting lesson so filled with suggestions from an eagerteacher that it was impossible to secure creative results. A childcan be made to do a piece of dictated work, but is this the purposeof education in its true meaning? Should there not be a turningaway from immediate results to note the effect of the work on thechilds thinking? There is loveliness in an unspoiled childs honestwork. This charm of early expression, however, passes all toosoon. Does this need to be so, or is the fault with our teaching?As the child matures, the outward senses are trained, but often thefiner emotions are neglected. Our world to-day respects the intel-lect, but does it fully value the qualities that cannot be exchangedfor money? In the leading colleges of the land art is schools condemn a child if he is good in the arts but lackingin academics, as if the fault of poor academics resulted from goodwork in art. These attitudes common
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