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... writing would hardly bear a close scrutiny , while the number of strictly domestic articles in the corners of the room might throw some doubt upon the as- sertion that it was solely devoted to the purposes of education . The ...
... writing would hardly bear a close scrutiny , while the number of strictly domestic articles in the corners of the room might throw some doubt upon the as- sertion that it was solely devoted to the purposes of education . The ...
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... writing down such a number as four thousand two hundred and twenty - one in the following elementary manner - 400020021 . When the mistress sees this , she observes that the method is new to the young ladies , and when Miss Rosa boldly ...
... writing down such a number as four thousand two hundred and twenty - one in the following elementary manner - 400020021 . When the mistress sees this , she observes that the method is new to the young ladies , and when Miss Rosa boldly ...
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... writing can be marked on the schedule ; the Inspector turns rapidly over a few pages of the book , and the child reads again ; he then gives back the book , takes his slate , and goes to his place , while the next child comes up , gives ...
... writing can be marked on the schedule ; the Inspector turns rapidly over a few pages of the book , and the child reads again ; he then gives back the book , takes his slate , and goes to his place , while the next child comes up , gives ...
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... " as one schoolmistress observed . They pass in and out of school , picking up a little reading and writing perhaps , and then going out to toil all and every day for the smallest of wages , with 40 PRIVATE SCHOOLS .
... " as one schoolmistress observed . They pass in and out of school , picking up a little reading and writing perhaps , and then going out to toil all and every day for the smallest of wages , with 40 PRIVATE SCHOOLS .
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... writing a scrawl , and the ciphering a blank ; yet the standard of efficiency fixed upon is a low one , involving the knowledge of the " multiplication table and any simple rule as far as division " by children above ten years of age ...
... writing a scrawl , and the ciphering a blank ; yet the standard of efficiency fixed upon is a low one , involving the knowledge of the " multiplication table and any simple rule as far as division " by children above ten years of age ...
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