The Character Building Readers #245193

IT is intended that the child who studies this number of the Character Building series shall have greatly impressed upon him as he proceeds through the book the fact that we in a great measure are responsible for our conduct and its results, good and bad. This may be taught in so many ways and connections, that a greater number of selections than in previous numbers bear directly on the book theme, personal responsibility. In cases where several morals may be drawn from the same piece, teachers may in their questioning gently lead to the conclusion desired and so strengthen the particular trend of growth belonging to this period. A danger exists here, how ever. The moral should not be made too obvious. It should not be reiterated in the same form; in many cases it should not be reduced to form at all. What lies vaguely in the mind for some time while coming slowly to definition, weaves itself more strongly into the mental tissue than that which is subjected prematurely to definition and drill.