Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Christ, the Restorer, is the only remedy for a wrong
education, and the lessons taught in His word
should ever be kept before the youth in the most
attractive form. The school discipline should
supplement the home training, and both at home
and at school simplicity and godliness should be
maintained. Men and women will be found who
have talent to work in these small schools, but who
cannot work to advantage in the larger ones. As
they practice the Bible lessons, they will
themselves receive an education of the highest
value.
In selecting teachers, we should use every
precaution, knowing that this is as solemn a matter
as the selecting of persons for the ministry. Wise
men who can discern character should make the
selection; for the very best talent that can be
secured is needed to educate and mold the minds of
the young, and to carry on successfully the many
lines of work that will need to be done by the
teachers in our church schools. No person of an
inferior or narrow cast of mind should be placed in
charge of one of these schools. Do not place over
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