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_German composition_ makes an appeal to the individual, and the more strongly a pupil is conscious of his various qualities, the more personally will he do his _German composition_. GERMAN COMPOSITION MAKES AN APPEAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE MORE STRONGLY A PUPIL IS CONSCIOUS OF HIS VARIOUS QUALITIES THE MORE PERSONALLY HE WILL DO HIS GERMAN COMPOSITION
ds of youths. Here, too, the teacher sows the seeds of that crude and wilful misinterpretation of the classics, which later on disports itself as art-criticism, and which is nothing but bumptious barbarity. Here the pupils learn to speak of our unique _Schiller_ with the superciliousness of prigs; here they are taught to smile at the noblest and most German of his works--at the Marquis of Posa, at Max and Thekla--at these smiles German genius becomes incensed and a worthier posterity will blush. "The last department in which the German teacher in a public school is at all active, which is often regarded as his sphere of highest activity, and is here and there even considered the pinnacle of public school education, is the so-called _German composition_. Owing to the very fact that in this department it is almost always the most gifted pupils who display the greatest eagerness, it ought to have been made clear how dangerously stimulating, precisely here, the task of the teacher must be. AMPED UPON THE UNINFORMED MINDS OF YOUTHS HERE TOO THE TEACHER SOWS THE SEEDS OF THAT CRUDE AND WILFUL MISINTERPRETATION OF THE CLASSICS WHICH LATER ON DISPORTS ITSELF AS ART CRITICISM AND WHICH IS NOTHING BUT BUMPTIOUS BARBARITY HERE THE PUPILS LEARN TO SPEAK OF OUR UNIQUE SCHILLER WITH THE SUPERCILIOUSNESS OF PRIGS HERE THERE TAUGHT TO SMILE AT THE NOBLEST AND MOST GERMAN OF HIS WORKS AT THE MARQUIS OF POSA AT MAXIN THECLA AT THESE SMILES GERMAN GENIUS BECOMES INCENSED AND A WORTHIER POSTERITY WILL BLUSH THE LAST DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE GERMAN TEACHER IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS AT ALL ACTIVE WHICH IS OFTEN REGARDED AS HIS SPHERE OF HIGHEST ACTIVITY AND IS HERE AND THERE EVEN CONSIDERED THE PINNACLE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION IS THE SO CALLED GERMAN COMPOSITION OWING TO THE VERY FACT THAT IN THIS DEPARTMENT IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE MOST GIFTED PUPILS WHO DISPLAY THE GREATEST EAGERNESS IT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE CLEAR HOW DANGEROUSLY STIMULATING PRECISELY HERE THE TASK OF THE TEACHER MUST BE
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