Lesson
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THE SCHOOL FOR SYMPATHY
INTRODUCTION
In
this essay the writer tells us about a new type of school. As the name indicates,
its purpose is to create sympathy among its students for the lame, the blind
and the handicapped.it teaches all the subjects taught by other school. But it
differs from others school in one important aspect.it make its student’s good
citizens.
The writer had heard a lot about Miss Beam's School
for Sympathy. One day he got the chance to visit it. He saw a twelve-year old
girl. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and eight-year old boy was leading
her carefully between the flower-beds.
After that the author met Miss Beam. She was a
middle-aged, kindly and understanding lady. He asked her questions about her
way of teaching. She told him that the teaching methods in her school were very
simple. The students were taught spelling, arithmetic and writing. The author
told Miss Beam that he had heard a lot about the originality of her teaching
method. Miss Beam told him that the real aim of her school was to make the
students thoughtful. She wanted to make them helpful and sympathetic citizens.
She added that parents sent their children to her school gladly. She then asked
the writer to look out of the window.
The author looked out of
the window. He saw a large garden and playground. Many children were playing
there. He told Miss Beam that he felt sorry for the physically handicapped.
Miss Beam laughed at it. She explained to him that they were not really
handicapped. It was the blind day for a few while for some it was the deaf day.
There were still others for whom it was the lame day. Then she explained the
system. To make the students understand misfortune, they were made to have
experience of misfortunes. In the course of the term
every child had one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one maimed day and
one dumb day. On the blind day, their eyes were bandaged. They did everything
with the help of other children. It was educative to both the blind and the
helpers.
Miss Beam told the author that the blind day was
very difficult for the children. But some of the children feared the dumb day.
On the dumb day, the child had to exercise will power because the mouth was not
bandaged. Miss Beam introduced the author to a girl whose eyes were bandaged.
The author asked her if she ever peeped. She told him that it would be
cheating. She also told the author that she had no idea of the difficulties of
the blind. All the time she feared that she was going to be hit by something.
The author asked her if her guides were good to her. She replied that they were
very good. She also informed the author that those who had been blind already
were the best guides.
The author walked with the girl leading her to the
playground. She told him that the blind day was the worst day. She didn't feel
so bad on the maimed day, lame day and deaf day. The girl asked the author
where they were at the moment. He told her that they were going towards the
house. He also told her that Miss Beam was walking up and down the terrace with
a tall girl. The blind girl asked what that tall girl was wearing. When the
author told her about the tall girl's dress, she at once made out that she was
Millie. The author described the surroundings to her. He felt that as a guide
to the blind, one had to be thoughtful. He was full of praise for Miss Beam's
system of education which made the student sympathetic and kind. The writer
himself had become ten times more thoughtful.
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