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The teacher saw that he had made a mistake, and that, in trying to keep the boy perfectly still, he was cramping his energies and repressing his natural activity of mind and body. THE TEACHER SAW THAT HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT IN TRYING TO KEEP THE BOY PERFECTLY STILL HE WAS CRAMPING HIS ENERGIES BY REPRESSING HIS NATURAL ACTIVITY OF MIND AND BODY
 the alert to hear and to see everything that went on, until he had several times been reminded of the rule. Again and again he pleaded that he had forgotten, and bent his eyes on his book, only to lift them again a few minutes afterwards, to look at something which arrested his attention. At first the teacher did not understand the active, restless mind that kept the boy in a state of perpetual motion, and he was disappointed when he found that the better James obeyed his rule, the slower progress he made. The fact that he had to think about the rule, and the effort he made to be still and attentive to one thing, retarded him more than any involuntary motions would have done. The teacher spoke to Mrs. Garfield about her boy's restlessness, and said that he feared he should not be able to make a scholar of James. She was so much grieved to hear this, that the little fellow burst into tears, and, burying his face in his mother's lap, said, "I will be a good boy! I mean to be a good boy! THAT HE WAS ALWAYS ON THE ALERT TO HEAR AND TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON UNTIL HE HAD SEVERAL TIMES BEEN REMINDED OF THE RULE AGAIN AND AGAIN HE PLEADED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN AND BENT HIS EYES ON HIS BOOK ONLY TO LIFT THEM AGAIN A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WHICH ARRESTED HIS ATTENTION AT FIRST THE TEACHER DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE ACTIVE RESTLESS MIND THAT KEPT THE BOY IN A STATE OF PERPETUAL MOTION AND HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN HE FOUND THAT THE BETTER JAMES OBEYED HIS RULE THE SLOWER PROGRESS HE MADE THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO THINK ABOUT THE RULE AND THE EFFORT HE MADE TO BE STILL AND ATTENTIVE TO ONE THING RETARDED HIM MORE THAN ANY INVOLUNTARY MOTIONS WOULD HAVE DONE THE TEACHER SPOKE TO MISSUS GARFIELD ABOUT HER BOY'S RESTLESSNESS AND SAID THAT HE FEARED HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A SCHOLAR OF JAMES SHE WAS SO MUCH GRIEVED TO HEAR THIS THAT THE LITTLE FELLOW BURST INTO TEARS AND BURYING HIS FACE IN HIS MOTHER'S LAP SAID I WILL BE A GOOD BOY I MEAN TO BE A GOOD BOY
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