The Philippine Experiences of an American Teacher: A Narrative of Work and Travel in the Philippine Islands |
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Page 163 - They give to all students information fundamentally related to the improvement aud expansion of agriculture in the islands — information which is more expanded and accompanied by practical field work in the secondary course in agriculture. Their pedagogical purpose, on the other hand, is to induce accurate first-hand observation and reasoning about facts observed. Especial difficulty lies in overcoming the tendency of the Filipino pupil to learn merely by rote. The science studies largely eliminate...
Page 330 - I have . . . referred to the incompetency and ignorance of many of the justices of the peace. Instead of "many" I could have said " most," and might even have employed a stronger term. . . . Sometimes, and only too frequently, in addition to their ignorance these justices are found to be either grossly dishonest or else under the influence of a sharp and tricky secretary...
Page 162 - Philippines is concerned with a people whose lack of exactness, especially in their mental processes, Is a conspicuous racial fault. The Filipino has an instinctive and intense reluctance to admit ignorance. This characteristic has often earned him an otherwise undeserved reputation for unreliability or dishonesty. He fails to appreciate the desirability of accuracy. Training in science, properly given, will develop a new respect for exactness and a conception of the inexpediency of misstatement,...
Page 100 - Indiana man, at his own request, was transferred to an office position in the bureau, thus reducing our number in the province to three, and leaving Dupax without a teacher; but the attractions of the city were not sufficient to seduce the New Yorker, who not only came back himself but brought with him a pack-train of twenty ponies loaded with all sorts of school supplies, and in his intellectual influence, he is the successor of the man who for centuries was the controlling influence in these primitive...
Page 330 - With these men the motto in all too many cases is, "a public office is a public graft," and they prey upon the poor people of the country like wild beasts. . . I trust I may not be charged with drawing too lurid a picture of this evil. My endeavor is to state only facts as they have come to my knowledge, not only during the last year, but in several years' previous experience in these Islands.
Page 32 - ... with which we were at length furnished, were sufficiently large for our purpose ; and as soon as we were comfortably settled, we commenced instructing our royal pupils. They studied English, French, composition and drawing; and the hours we were engaged with them were from between seven and eight till ten, in the morning ; and from three to five in the afternoon. The princesses differed much in their abilities and dispositions. The elder sometimes appeared to think the difficulty of acquiring...
Page 163 - Islands is taken up, including the municipal and provincial codes, the instructions of President McKinley to the Philippine Commission, and the Act of Congress of July, 1902. The young citizens composing the class are organized successively into a municipal council, a provincial board and a legislative assembly...
Page 99 - Spanish friar, to prod a lethargic municipal presidente and town council into action, and sometimes to go from house to house persuading the parents of the children to send them to school. In some cases . . . they have paid the salaries of their Filipino teachers when the municipal treasury was empty, and have sent them to the vacation normal institutes, paying their expenses; have drilled and equipped boys' brigades and organized gala processions of children to increase the interest of the community...
Page 330 - I have heretofore in this report referred to the incompetency and ignorance of many of the justices-of-the-peace. instead of many I could have said most, and might even have employed a stronger term. . . . Sometimes, and only too frequently, in addition to their ignorance, these justices are found to be either grossly dishonest or else under the influence of a sharp and...