Word: stupids
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with Greek, Latin, and History. The chief obstacle is the college entrance system. Under the present requirements, the school devotes its whole ener-by to cram into a "dull" brain a certain type of knowledge to which it may be entirely unfitted, wholly ignoring the fact that the most "stupid" boy might be able to put the teacher to shame in the workshop or studio,--in a subject in which he has received no encouragement from his school. So long as present requirements exist, the school must continue to prepare its students for college, instead of preparing them for life...