. Among School Gardens . Thinning his Plants there greater need for care in selecting the per-sonnel of a teaching staff; nowhere does char-acter count more than in the intimacy betweenchildren and teachers which the garden , good judgment, justice, firmness, gentleness,directness, sympathetic understanding of childnature, normal sensibilities, a wholesome sense of 194 AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? humor, tolerance, patience, ready forgiveness andlarge hopefulness are fundamental qualities for ateacher. These virtues allay antipathies, ward off hostil-ity and arouse gratitude in children a
. Among School Gardens . Thinning his Plants there greater need for care in selecting the per-sonnel of a teaching staff; nowhere does char-acter count more than in the intimacy betweenchildren and teachers which the garden , good judgment, justice, firmness, gentleness,directness, sympathetic understanding of childnature, normal sensibilities, a wholesome sense of 194 AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? humor, tolerance, patience, ready forgiveness andlarge hopefulness are fundamental qualities for ateacher. These virtues allay antipathies, ward off hostil-ity and arouse gratitude in children and neigh-bors. It is well to remember in handling the chil-. The Father of the Man without a Job dren, that they are frequently human barometerssubject to the personal atmosphere of the gardenor the home. Put yourself in the childs place,with his experience, his often incorrect knowl-edge and the prejudices of his environment. If heerrs, reason with him for his good, not because of 195 AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS your broken discipline or offended dignity. Eachday clean the slate of his misdeeds. Have peacebetween you and welcome him each morning witha large hopefulness for his future. Be merciful,—for he may encounter only indifference or neg-lect or temper at home. These do not grow easierto bear by frequent experience, and in all classes.
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