Psycho Analysis For Teachers And Parents Primary Source Edition PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter vi the aim of education After twenty years of teaching in a secondary school I am convinced that the modes of thinking on the part of many children are irremediably (without the teacher's knowing of the effects of the unconscious) twisted, and that they are so by virtue of their numerous complexes. I have seen class after class of bright-looking children, both girls and boys, develop utterly unnecessary and retarding resistances against not only my own but other subjects. Repeatedly in the classroom I have developed the fact that the pupils perfectly well knew what was necessary in order to express themselves tersely and clearly. But I have found that the pupils are governed by an unconscious wish not to make a good showing in school, not to perform thoroughly and well the tasks set. There exists a deep-rooted unconscious desire to undervalue the academic training and to exaggerate its difficulties, partly, no doubt, because of the parental point of view that the curriculum is too long or too complicated, and partly because of the unconscious resistance to authority of any kind--a resistance which is natural to all humans. But the main point to be emphasized in this chapter is the fact of the very early determination of these traits by the ill-advised (or, better, un-advised) actions of parents. Much has been written about the unfortunate results of neglecting adenoids, enlarged tonsils, defective teeth and eyes, but very little upon the purely mental aspect of the problem. Early Impressions And first of all it is not generally understood, either by parents or teachers, how supremely important are the impressions received by the boy or girl at the very inception of mentality, that is, during the first years of life--from one to...