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"...through every young man is born with some determination in his nature, and is a potential genius; is at last to be one; it is, in the most, obstructed and delayed, and, whatever they may hereafter be, their senses are now opened in advance of their minds. They are more sensual than intellectual."

This example elaborates on how Emerson believes every child has their own great potential that can be reached with a little bit of guidance. He goes beyond this quote to add that teaching must be individualized, not one-size-fits-all, in order to sufficiently allow students to learn and grow.

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"Letter by letter, syllable by syllable, the child learns to read. and in good time can convey to all the domestic circle the sense of Shakespeare."

Emerson emphasizes that learning is a process. Emerson later builds on this idea to explain why teachers need patience to allow for this process to happen in its own time.

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"It is so easy to bestow on a bad boy a blow, overpower him,and get obedience without words, that in this world of hurry and distraction, who can wait for the returns of reason and the conquest of self; in the uncertainty too whether that will ever come?"

By giving this example, Emerson is saying that it is easy discipline a child for doing "wrong" and gain obedience from them instead of actually communicating with them. students and teachers need to collectively communicate problems and explain the reasoning behind certain actions.

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"Be the compassion of his thought, the friend of his friendship, the lover of his virtue-- but no kinsman of his sin." In this section, Emerson really encapsulates his main point- a teacher should be one to only encourage what a boy's natural curiosity leads him to feel the need to discover and should also be a role model to set standards of what is good or bad. Essentially- a mentor.

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"Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him!"
To me, this quote is an example of something that I have noticed a lack of in my teachers throughout my education. A modest teacher who is able to be wrong is one that is naturally respected, and so I agree with Emerson's view on this aspect of teachers. Many teachers tend to be defensive when they are told wrong, in an attempt to not be bested by a student, which is unreasonable.

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"The boy wishes to learn to skate; to coast, to catch a fish in the brook, to hit a mark with a snowball or a stone; and a boy a little older is just as well pleased to teach him these sciences. Not less delightful is the mutual pleasure of teaching and learning the secret of algebra, or of chemistry, or of good reading and good recitation of poetry or of prose, or of chosen facts in history or in biography"
In this quote, what Emerson is saying is that in society, the way that humans learn is by learning from others, through a mutual relationship. Anything that a child would want to learn such as learning how to skate, is taught to them by someone else, through this mutual relationship of how people learn. He goes on and talks about how this needs to be put into education as well because this is how people learn in our society, through a mutual relationship.

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"He cannot indulge his genius, he cannot delight in personal relations with young friends, when his eye is always on the clock, and twenty classes are to be dealt with before the day is done."
Emerson is making the argument that under the current schooling system/teaching methods students are unable to explore their own ideas and have curiosity. The military methods of teaching prohibit exploration and innovation.

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"Appetite and indolence [these students] have, but no enthusiasm. These come in numbers to the college: few geniuses: and the teaching comes to be arranged for these many and not for those few."
In writing this way, Emerson conveys the idea that most students who were going into schools in his time were unmotivated, and by catering the system to this majority, the system's capacity to foster greatness was diminished in exchange for giving everyone the same, mediocre education.

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"So in literature, the young man who has taste for poetry, for fine images, for noble thoughts, is insatiable for this nourishment, and forgets all of the world for the more learned friend--who finds equal joy in dealing out his treasures."
Emerson believes that the child should be learning from someone who shares the same passion, or else the learning will not be beneficial. Emerson connects this quote to nature because there is mutual delight.

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"I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do."

Emerson states this in the very beginning of the excerpt and it illustrates one of Emerson's major views on how education should be handled. He believes that the student should be allowed to pursue their own interests instead of being subjected to the militaristic approach being used now.

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"Always genius seeks genius, desires nothing so much as to be a pupil and to find those who can lent it aid to protect itself"
This is saying that people with a high intellectual capability find other people who are smart, maybe even smarter because they can both benefit from the ideas of one and other. People can learn from one and other. In my opinion this is a very important part of the learning process.

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"keep his nature and arm it with knowledge in the very direction to which it points"
I think this is saying that the teacher should guide the learning in the direction it is headed. In other words the student should learn what they want on a given topic.

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"You have to work for large classes instead of individuals; you must lower your flag and reef your sails to wait for the dull sailors; you grown departmental, routinary,military almost with your discipline and college police."  Here Emerson is elaborating on the idea he believes in less structured learning and that a child should learn through themselves and their own curiosity instead of from a larger organization such as a school or college.

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"He can learn anything which is important to him now that the power to learn is secured: as mechanics say, when one has learned the use of tools, it is easy to work at a new craft."

Here Emerson is saying that the ability to learn on your own is more important than memorizing information. If students have the power to learn on their own, there are no limits to what they can discover.

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"Letter by letter, syllable by syllable the child learns to read, and in good time can convey to all the domestic circle the sense of Shakespeare. By many steps each just as short, the stammering boy and the hesitating collegian in the school debates, in college clubs, in mock court, comes at last to full, secure, triumphant unfolding of his thought in the popular assembly, with a fullness of power that makes all the steps forgotten."

Waldo is discussing how that the way we learn knowledge is starting with small bits and pieces, and expanding their knowledge from there. The steps are a key factor of becoming an educated individual and they cannot be skipped

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"Be the compassion of his thought"

Emerson is saying that the teacher should only support the students' ideas rather than making them for the students.

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"You must not neglect the form, but you must secure the essentials."
This phrase sums up a great deal of Emerson's thinking within the essay, as it points out that, although it is best to be educated through natural, non-systematized means, subject matter is still important. Essentially, educators must find a balance between teaching students the requisite information and providing instruction in a helpful manner.

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"Happy this child with a bias, with a thought which entrances him, leads him, now into deserts now into cities, the fool of an idea. Let him follow it in good and in evil report, in good or bad company; it will justify itself; it will lead him at last into the illustrious society of the lovers of truth."

In this quotation, Emerson is asserting that when a child is entertained with a idea, regardless if it is good or bad, they should be allowed to see it through and learn from the experience. Either way, the child will learn something.

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"He cannot indulge his genius, he cannot delight in personal relations with young friends, when his eye is always on the clock.."

Emerson is voicing his concern with a popular teaching style. Emerson believes that students should be able to learn at their own pace and they cannot do that if schools are structured to get through lots of classes quickly.

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"adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience"

Emerson is stating that learning cannot be rushed and must happen gradually over time.

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"In education our common sense fails us, and we are continually trying costly machinery against nature, in patent schools and academics and in great colleges and universities."

Emerson is saying that we are going against what we can teach ourselves to be taught by someone else. we spend tons of money and give tons of time to colleges and schools for education.

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"Your teaching and discipline must have the reserve and taciturnity of Nature. Teach them to hold their tongues by holding your own."

Emerson is specifically talking about the teacher's role, and how they should teach. He claims that teachers should let the students learn by themselves, and the teachers should only govern by eye.

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"By your tampering and thwarting and too much governing he may be hindered from his end and kept out of his own. Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature love analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude."
In this quote, Emerson is saying that he believes that the children should let their curiosity be what guides their learning, over a teacher cramming information into their head. He says that if a teacher were to not give the space to the child to learn by his own experience, there will be too much tampering in their life, and will cause the child to not be able to learn as more.

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"By your own act you teach the behold how to do the practicable"
Here, Emerson is implying the importance of a teachers actions on a student. The students will follow the teachers actions, so if you treat them with respect, you will get it back

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"Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of nature.  Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions.  Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude." This quote shows that Emerson believes that people should learn more naturally and through their curiosity and imagination. Also this demonstrates how he believes educators should not interfere with a child's learning unless the child asks for help.

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"Always genius seeks genius, desires nothing so much as to be a pupil and to find those who can lend it air to perfect itself."
This builds upon Emerson's idea on how everyone should be allowed to seek their own form of learning in a chosen subject. It does this by stating that a "genius" (after stating everyone is a genius) will always be attracted to other geniuses and want to seek knowledge from them. Showing that geniuses can help teach other geniuses thus expanding knowledge even further.

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"The scholars are of all ages and temperaments and capacities.  It is difficult to class them,some are too young, some are slow, some perverse."
Waldo is explaining the idea that one size does not fit all. This is a part of why Emerson believes that the military style teaching is insufficient, because it does not help the curiosity of all students. Furthermore, Emerson is arguing that all students are different and require different needs within the school.

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"The boy wishes to learn to skate; to coast, to catch a fish in the brook, to hit a mark with a snowball or a stone; and a boy a little older is just as well pleased to teach him these sciences."

Waldo is arguing that the natural way of learning is a mutual process of wanting to learn as well as wanting to share knowledge. He says that this mutual relationship is evident throughout all learning and is necessary
for education.

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"He cannot indulge his genius, he can not delight in personal relations with young friends, when his eyes is always on the clock, and twenty classes are to be dealt with before the day is done." This quote shows the intellectual trouble that teachers have when they partake in the military form of education. They can not engage their own thoughts and exercise their own minds when they teach students in an expedient way. Many teachers have to teach too much in too little time, which forces them to use this method of teaching.

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"Leave this military hurry and adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience"

Emerson claims that nature is the best way for a child to learn, and in this specific sentence, how nature allows time and patience. Through this quote he emphasizes how important it is as a teacher to give a child time and opportunity in order for them to learn in the best environment.

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"By your own act you teach the behold how to do the practicable."

What Emerson is saying here is that teachers should lead by example. If a teacher is enthusiastic about the subject they're teaching, a student might match their level of excitement.

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"I advise teachers to cherish mother-wit...but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him!" (that entire section)

I think this quote accurately depicts how Emerson believes teachers should interact with their students. He wanted teachers to allow students to grow/develop naturally while also setting strict rules, but also to reward them for their growth.

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"If a child happens to show that he knows any fact about astronomy, or plants, or birds, or rocks, or history, that interests him and you, hush all the classes and encourage him to ten it so that all may hear."

Through this quote, Emerson conveys that instead of the focused and drill-like classrooms that have been installed in our societies today, he believes that natural curiosity and embracement
of such is what sparks a true healthy learning experience.