Educational Principles of The K. May School
- First love, then teach.
- The main task of the instructor is to prepare the youth for work that is useful to society.
- Give the students true knowledge, as it alone has immutable meaning and true strength.
- There may be different methods, but education and upbringing must in any case remain the final aim of all teaching.
- Everyone should not be reduced to one level; one should work intelligently, adapting to the features of each individual personality and the degree of development of the students and teachers.
- The mind, moral qualities, aesthetic sense, will, and health of the student should all concern the teacher to an equal degree.
- Value not bare information, but rather internal enlightenment, a feeling for truth, and strength of will.
- Practical exercises are truly fruitful when they demand of the students independence, and when the knowledge itself is adapted to their strengths.
- One must demand of the students only that which they are capable of achieving and that which does not exceed the ability either of the class or of the individual student.
- The example of the teacher is the most effective means of education.
- Discipline alone is not education.
- The aim of education is not to break the child's will, but to form it.
- A young being can succeed in everything if he is trusted.
- Enthusiasm for and diligence in certain activities deserve encouragement, but careless lagging-behind can lead to apathy in the student.
- Punishment is effective only when it is understood by the accused and completely corresponds in degree to the severity of the misdeed.
- The family, the school and the church are the three forces that educate humankind.
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