Unionville High School, The Graphic, 1941, Page 58

Description:	INDUSTRIAL ARTS (cont.)small peices of furniture, all of which result in a more harmonious and efficient home. He gets a great amount of satisfaction out of the successful completion of a project. Thissatisfaction is an incentive for him to do other things, whichperhaps, he would never have had the desire or initiative toattempt. A pride in workmanship is developed by doing thingsas well as they can be done because, in the end, they are acredit to the doer.The normal boy has a desire to create. The nature ofIndustrial Arts work tends to develop an inquiring mind,building up a sense of appreciation of his relationship to societyas a whole and of the part his fellow man plays in contributing to his welfare. Vocational guidance and the proper respect for labor receive their share of attention in the Industrial Arts courses. When the boy attempts to perform any ofthe skilful proccssess related to the carpenter’s, bricklayers, etc., trade he develops a new perspective toward theman who is able to do them successfully.I believe that the training afforded by an Industrial Artcourse is an important cog in the wheel of general educationand that the advantage of such a course should be made available to every boy. Through the above mentioned values, therange of the boy’s interests will be greatly increased, withthe result that life will become more meaningful and more interesting for him.MATHEMATICSMathematics is a school subject that indicated the boys’or girls* scholastic effort to study. The subject can notbe mastered without work. Any pupil who lacks interest orlacks effort can soon be classified as a student. Each teacherif she will make an effort to observe children, can soon findout those who do not work. Then the childs* attitude towardv.crk can be trained to do correct work the first time ratherthan permit bad habits to be formed. The school should beproud of a subject that pupils cannot copy, but must master anstudy each day.Mathematics is used in everyday life such as counting,measurements, earning money, spending money, interests, building, and many other things. The children should acquire suchskills, abilities, and vocabulary as he or she should need ashis or her experiences in life are developed; so that habits ofaccuracy, reasoning power, and understanding on the problems oflife can be solved without too gfeat a cost to the individual.
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