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Excerpt from The San Antonio Public School System: A Survey Conducted by J. F. Bobbitt of the School of Education of the University of Chicago, January, 1915
Before entering upon findings and recommendations, I wish to anticipate two or three objections that are sure to arise upon the reading of my report. One is that things are often recom mended which are clearly impossible. It is quite true that many things are recommended that can not be accomplished suddenly. A ship sailing from Galveston for Australia can not arrive in one day, nor even in one week; but because it can not arrive suddenly is no reason why it should not set out. In one day it can be expected to cover only one day's journey, and in one week only one week's journey but it can rightly steer the first or any successive day's journey only as its far - distant destina tion is held in mind by captain and helmsman. And so it is with educational progress along most lines. The journey ahead of our profession by way of modernizing our labors, making them efficient, and making them serve twentieth century needs is yet along one. The various ends in view can usually be attained only after many years of continuous labors toward those ends. Next year's moderate progress can be rightly accomplished, how ever,.only as it keeps the more distant ends in view. Educational progress to be solid and substantial must generally be reasonably slow. This does not mean, however, that it should be blind; nor even that it should be near-sighted, looking only to those things that can be quickly and easily reached. There is nothing in man's world that should be more far-seeing than education.
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Before entering upon findings and recommendations, I wish to anticipate two or three objections that are sure to arise upon the reading of my report. One is that things are often recom mended which are clearly impossible. It is quite true that many things are recommended that can not be accomplished suddenly. A ship sailing from Galveston for Australia can not arrive in one day, nor even in one week; but because it can not arrive suddenly is no reason why it should not set out. In one day it can be expected to cover only one day's journey, and in one week only one week's journey but it can rightly steer the first or any successive day's journey only as its far - distant destina tion is held in mind by captain and helmsman. And so it is with educational progress along most lines. The journey ahead of our profession by way of modernizing our labors, making them efficient, and making them serve twentieth century needs is yet along one. The various ends in view can usually be attained only after many years of continuous labors toward those ends. Next year's moderate progress can be rightly accomplished, how ever,.only as it keeps the more distant ends in view. Educational progress to be solid and substantial must generally be reasonably slow. This does not mean, however, that it should be blind; nor even that it should be near-sighted, looking only to those things that can be quickly and easily reached. There is nothing in man's world that should be more far-seeing than education.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - J. F. Bobbitt
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331148756
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 267
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ISBN - 9781330684542
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 269
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