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Excerpt from Order of Exercises in Elocution: Given at the Cook County Normal School Every exercise given a child should be for a definite purpose, and should be given regularly. Haphazard, slov; emly work in this direction is worse than no work at all. Promptness, interest and precision must characterize the teacher's work if she would produce results to be desired. In this work, as in all others where skill is to be obtained, the better the model the more satisfactory the outgrowth. Precision is the first element of grace, and, in im proving the bearing of the body, is the first thing to be secured. Symmetry of body being the first requisite, all bad habits, such as the carrying of one shoulder higher than the other, head leaning to one side, hips uneven, etc., are to be corrected. Let this be done by showing a child definitely what is required of him. Vague directions, such as, Stand up straight, Hold your head better, or Do stop bending over, are worse than useless. Bring the correct habit, which you wish to substitute, clearly and with regularity into the consciousness, and the bad habit Will gradually disappear. Be sure that the children follow your directions exactly. Bad habits are as easily made habitual as good, and three or four days' careless practice will form habits which you will be three or four weeks breaking up. Work slowly and carefully, getting the right concept into the child's mind, and much time and trouble will be saved. 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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