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The historical method has become so universal in our time, that even the living body of the language is sacrificed for the sake of anatomical study. THE HISTORICAL METHOD HAS BECOME SO UNIVERSAL IN OUR TIME THAT EVEN THE LIVING BODY OF THE LANGUAGE IS SACRIFICED FOR THE SAKE OF AN ANATOMICAL STUDY
he head-quarters of formal education? He who understands how to apply what he has heard here will also know what to think of the modern public school as a so-called educational institution. He will discover, for instance, that the public school, according to its fundamental principles, does not educate for the purposes of culture, but for the purposes of scholarship; and, further, that of late it seems to have adopted a course which indicates rather that it has even discarded scholarship in favour of journalism as the object of its exertions. This can be clearly seen from the way in which German is taught. "Instead of that purely practical method of instruction by which the teacher accustoms his pupils to severe self-discipline in their own language, we find everywhere the rudiments of a historico-scholastic method of teaching the mother-tongue: that is to say, people deal with it as if it were a dead language and as if the present and future were under no obligations to it whatsoever. IC SCHOOL THAT IS TO SAY IN THE HEADQUARTERS OF FORMAL EDUCATION HE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO APPLY WHAT HE HAS HEARD HERE WILL ALSO KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THE MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A SO CALLED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION HE WILL DISCOVER FOR INSTANCE THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCORDING TO ITS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES DOES NOT EDUCATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CULTURE BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND FURTHER THAT OF LATE IT SEEMS TO HAVE ADOPTED A COURSE WHICH INDICATES RATHER THAT IS EVEN DISCARDED SCHOLARSHIP IN FAVOR OF JOURNALISM AS THE OBJECT OF ITS EXERTIONS THIS CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN FROM THE WAY IN WHICH GERMAN IS TAUGHT INSTEAD OF THAT PURELY PRACTICAL METHOD OF INSTRUCTION BY WHICH THE TEACHER ACCUSTOMS HIS PUPILS TO SEVERE SELF DISCIPLINE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE WE FIND EVERYWHERE THE RUDIMENTS OF A HISTORICAL SCHOLASTIC METHOD OF TEACHING THE MOTHER TONGUE THAT IS TO SAY PEOPLE DEAL WITH IT AS IF IT WERE A DEAD LANGUAGE AS IF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE WERE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO IT WHATSOEVER
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