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their absence. The teacher receives them, and is 

 content to lose his small emolument which ought to 

 be paid for the time they were absent; but he has 

 also the additional trouble of teaching over again 

 what their absence has caused them to forget. This 

 conduct is allowed to be repeated with impunity, the 

 teacher fearing to be too particular, lest the pupils 

 should be withdrawn altogether. 



Great irregularity exists in some of the schools in 

 consequence of the pupils not attending punctually 

 at the appointed hour. The teacher, instead of 

 remonstrating with the parents, postpones calling 

 the roll and opening the school for perhaps half an 

 hour or more, awaiting the arrival of the pupils. 

 This course only encourages and increases the 

 evil, and is subversive of all good government and 

 discipline. 



I regret that the teachers do not evince more 

 firmness and independence as regards their conduct, 

 both towards pupils and parents. If they are in 

 want of a motto, I would recommend this rather 

 hackneyed one — Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re — 

 some possess the one, some the other; but unless 

 both are combined, a teacher, with all his other 

 qualifications, will not be sufficient. 



A code of rules for the regulation of teachers. 



