Book Title: Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1910 Book 06
Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference
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and beautiful lives can not be lived without paying some heed to spiritual considerations. If what is taught in the school is denied in the home, or if certain things are taught in religious lessons, while the same things are denied in the science lessons, the child will live in an unhealthy, insincere atmosphere, and instead of faith, love, reverence and tenderness, his soul will harbour only iinrest.
2 School and home have one common aim--to help the children to be good and useful men and women; but they must co-operate in order to complete each other's work. Defects can only be overcome by the reciprocal influence of both. The home is in closer, warmer contact with life; but parents do not always possess the necessary knowledge of education for the instruction of their children, and sometimes, unfortunately, not even the necessary moral qualities; the school, on the other hand, has greater stores of systematic knowledge, but its etbical influence is weak. As neither home nor school is complete in itself, they must be in close connection with one another. One must know the child to be able to exert the best influence. Many parents of the Poorer classes do not kuow theirs at all, and even in the other classes it often happens that the child is misunderstood. The school ought to help the family in this respect; parents and teachers ought to discuss together the child's nature. It is true that the great number of the pupils adds to the difficulties of the teacher, but interest and zeal in one's vocation help one considerably. Parents aud teachers could thus learn to know the child's faults or inclinations. Among those faults there may be some that could best be cured in the family, such as untidiness, sullenness, greediuess, and too much love of comfort; while there are again others which can be more effectively dealt with at school, for example, cowardliness, unreliable character and indolence. In this respect the school has a very important task; it can give ideals to the children, and spread right thoughts concerning a wise and good life. The school has less opportunity than the home of comba. ting greediness and of keeping the child from alcoholic drinks; but it can impart sound teaching as to the harmfulness of
