Excerpt from Lessons for Teachers of Beginners "I am not worthy to be a teacher of little children" may be the sincere cry of a fine nature, or it may be the false claim of a Uriah Heep. The distinction can be clearly seen by the attempt that is made to become more worthy. The Uriah Heep type of teacher combines with her protestations of humility a secret satisfaction with her ideals and methods, and steadfastly maintains her dead level. The truly humble teacher grasps at every possible means to increase her efficiency. In the Sunday-school teaching force there is every variation of satisfied stagnation, inert discouragement and the noble discontent that not only sees visions, but is ready to labor to attain them. It is for teachers of the last sort that the following lessons are written, to assist them in achieving their purpose. A criticism of modern educational methods is that the memory of the child is developed more highly than his power to think, and the tide is gradually turning toward the cultivation of the reason. So the teacher of today needs not only to be familiar with the views of educational leaders; she should have opinions of her own. Mere knowledge or repetition of the conclusions formed by others amounts to little unless it has passed through the lens of her own reason. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.