Our new schools
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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
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- Our new schools
- Year
- 1941
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- -THE YOUNG CITIZEN OUR NEW'SCHOOLS Our school classes are now going on. AuGusT, 1941 . As usual, there are many school-children in all our schools. In some places, many chidren cannot be admitted. Why? Because there are no classrooms. There are no· teachers. There are not enough books and other things needed in schools. In other words, the government does not ha·ve enough money to spend for the things necessary f6r school work. · In such a case, what would you do? Well, this is what the government did. It shortened the elementary grades from seve·n to six years: This means that our schools this year and the years to come are different from our scho0ls of last year. You may ask, "Could we learn just as much in our new schools as we did in our old schools?" My answer is Yes and No. No, if you do not study diligently. If you had two hours to study a lesson but you spent that much playing instead of studying, you would learn very little. , Former ly you had forty minutes to study; now you have only· thirty. What happens if you do not study? Yes, if you study diligently. Many school-children do not have time to study because they have plenty of of time. That sounds funny, doesn't it? But it is true! You are supposed to study your arithmetic·lesson. You have two hours to do it. But you say, "I have plenty of time. I'll play a while before I study my lesson." And you play. ·And you play on and on. Soon you find out that you have played for two hours and you have no more time to study. Now, since school hours are shorter, perhaps school children have more time to study. And, therefore, if you spend your time wisely and study diligently, I am sure you will learn as much as you did before. So let us make the best out of our short hours in our school. · -DR. I. P ANLA:SIGUI