"Results" in history, geography, nature study and English are seldom asked for by the inspector; and the teacher takes but little trouble to produce them.

But his distrust of the child is as firmly rooted as ever, and his unwillingness to allow the child to work by or for himself is as strong as it ever was.

The consequence is that there are many schools in which the teacher now does everything during the oral lesson, while the child does as nearly as possible nothing.

Formerly the child was at any rate allowed (or rather required) to be actively receptive.

Now he is seldom allowed to do anything more active than to yawn.