of the private schools in both standing and learning... And this goes back to the people's confidence in their government and its authority... Here is where true democracy is founded, and here confidence between the school and the parents grows great, so that the fathers give up all direct responsibility and leave the school administration entirely free to decide their children's future.
Q — You mean, Mrs. Cortas, that the school decides the students' future without sounding out the fathers' opinion? And how is that done?
A — In the modern English schools, when a pupil reaches the age of twelve, the administrative council meets and decides his case: either he continues his academic studies until he finally enters one of the universities, or he is transferred to one of the vocational schools — all of which are respected — if opinion is unanimous that the pupil's gifts of hand surpass his gifts of mind..
Q — That is fine.. and it means the English have triumphed over the notion that "the hand has no value without the head."
A — Yes; and the English people hold the vocational schools in the deepest respect, and the greatest Englishman does not disdain to send his children to them if it appears that their bent is vocational rather than academic.
Q — This is a feature deserving of respect; would that we had some of it, for I notice that we all want a university education for our children, whether its stages come easily to them or hard; and we have overlooked the fact that strengthening our vocational schools is among our first national duties, for working hands are few, and they do not meet with the high, respectful regard they deserve, and so our children turn away from them.
And finally, Mrs. Cortas, are there any special educational counsels with which we might close this talk of ours?
A — My counsel to the women in charge of raising the young is to
treat their girl students as individuals, and not to crush their morale and thereby expose them to the "inferiority complex." We need to develop the individual bents in our girls, and to encourage them to respect and take up the free professions...
The teacher's task is delicate and arduous, and calls for skill and art...
Q — God rest Shawqi, who said:
The teacher came near to being a prophet's messenger — Stand for the teacher; render him his full honor.
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