Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1901 — The Failings of Education. [ARTICLE]

The Failings of Education.

The methods of public school Instruction, as applied In New York City, do not always meet the approbation of the parents of the pupils, as was evidenced the other day when a German woman of commanding figure strode Into the school, and approaching the principal, demanded: “What It is, a lobster?” The principal politely explained that a lobster was a species of shell fish. "Veil, how many legs has It—dis lobster?” The number of legs was stated. "Veil, I work me for a hurry, and If your teacher cannot find better dings than to ask my boy Jakey how many legs has It, a lobster, nnd make him come home to bodder his sadder mlt questions, ‘What It is, a lobster?* It la pad peesness.”