Law of the Teacher

A. Law - A teacher must know that which he would teach.

B. Rule - Know thoroughly and familiarly the lesson you wish to teach --teach from a full mind and a clear understanding.

C. Rules for teachers

1. Prepare each lesson by fresh study.

2. Find in the lesson its analogies to more familiar facts and principles.

3. Study the lesson until it takes shape in familiar language.

4. Find the natural order of the several steps of the lesson; from the simplest notions to the broadest views.

5. Find the relation of the lesson to the lives of the learners.

6. Freely use all legitimate aids.

7. Complete mastery of a few things is better than an ineffective smattering of many.

8. Have a definite time for the study of each lesson, in advance of the teaching.

9. Have a plan of study, but do not hesitate to study beyond the plan.