ON TRAINING IN CITIZENSHIP. 



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Lower Standards (7 to 



8. Honesty. 



(a) Eespect for the property of 



others. 



(b) Eestoration of lost property. 



(c) Preserving and protecting 



property at home, at school, 

 in parks, and other public 

 places. 



(d) In work. 



9. Truthfulness. 



(i) (a) In speech : the importance 



of exactness; the avoidance 



of exaggeration. 

 (6) In manner : the importance 



of simplicity; the avoidance 



of affectation. 

 (c) Promises, 

 (ii) (a) In reporting : correctness ; 



avoidance of slander and 



gossip. 



(b) In action : candour; not to 

 act a lie. 



(c) In thinking : eagerness for 

 the truth. 



{d) Not to shirk a difficulty by 



a pretence of understanding, 

 (iii) (a) All the truth and nothing 



but the truth. 

 (6) Avoidance of prevarication 



and withholding part of the 



truth. 



(c) Avoidance of deception 

 through manner or gesture. 



(d) The importance of frank- 

 ness. 



10. Honour. 



(a) In the eyes of others : trust- 

 worthiness. 



(&) In the eyes of self : self- 

 respect, 

 (c) Avoidance of false pride. 



11. Courage. 



(i) (a) Cheerful endurance of little 

 pains and discomforts ; man- 

 liness and womanliness. 



(6) On behalf of the weak or 

 innocent. 



(c) In relation to creatures in- 

 spiring instinctive fear in 

 children — e.g. mice, frogs, 

 spiders, and beetles, 

 (ii) (n) To follow good example and 

 to resist bad example. 



(b) To confess faults or acci- 

 dents. 



(c) Under difficulties : self- 

 reliance. 



(d) In bad weather — e.g. not 

 to fear thunder and light- 

 ning. 



11 years).— {Cont.) 



(iii) («) The importance of courage, 

 avoidance of bravado. 

 (b) Presence of mind, avoidance 

 of panic. 



12. Temperance. 



See Syllabus issued by the Board 

 of Education. 



13. Self-Control. 



{a) In bearing : the avoidance of 

 wilfulness, peevishness, ob- 

 stinacy, sulkiness, violent 

 temper, and quarrelling. 



(b) In speech : the avoidance of 

 rudeness and hastiness. 



(c) In thought : checking of evil 

 thoughts. 



14. Work. 



(i) (a) Helping in the home. 



(b) The value of industry in the 

 school, 

 (ii) («) Pride in thorough work. 



{b) Use of leisure time; value of 

 hobbies. 



15. Perseverance. 



(a) In work : hard or distasteful 

 tasks. 



(b) In play, fighting out a losing 

 game. 



(c) In self-improvement. 



16. Humanity. 



(i) (a) Personal help to those in 

 need. 

 {b) Making other people happy, 

 (ii) As shown by public institutions — 

 e.g. the fire brigade, life- 

 boat, lighthouses, hospitals, 

 asylums, Eed Cross Society. 



17. Justice. 



(i) {a) To companions, in the school, 

 playground, and home. 

 {b) To the less fortunate — e.g. 

 the weak, imbeciles, stam- 

 merers, deformed. 



(ii) (a) To others — e.g. not to 

 spread infection. 



(b) Avoidance of cruelty to 

 animals in pursuit of amuse- 

 ment or sport. 



(c) The justification for restraint 



and punishment in the home 



and the school, 

 (iii) {a) In thought, word, and act. 

 {b) Forbearance, 

 (f) Forgiveness, remembering 



our own faults. 



