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One is concerned, dear Children, to train you in the things that will be necessary for you in the future. You are sent to school so that you learn to read, to write and to do sums and to not remain unknowledgeable of those things which will be useful to you in an orderly life. So it is necessary that you sit still and pay attention to that which is presented to you. One is happy when one comes into your school and finds there a number of children who sit upright and watch their teacher who is instructing them without being distracted. Children like to talk with each other and like to signal each other with this or that sign or expression. If they were to do this in school they would hinder themselves and disturb the others in their learning. Children like to move their legs and are accustomed to play with their hands and fingers. It is better not to do that in school. Altogether it is my wish that you strive, where ever you are for a decent and well-behaved behavior. An unbroken spirit, bad manners, immodest answers, even to the most menial person, should be far from you. Even when children should remind each other, it should always occur with love and modesty.
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of Bodily Care for Children
Translated by Pastor Roy Ledbetter
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