 Marie Madeleine Franc-Nohain tous deux étaient seuls “In the first place, we (of the P.N.E.U) have no system of education. We hold that great things, such as nature, life, education, are 'cabined, cribbed, confined,' in proportion as they are systematised. We have a method of education, it is true, but method is no more than a way to an end, and is free, yielding, adaptive as Nature herself. Method has a few comprehensive laws according to which details shape themselves, as one naturally shapes one's behaviour to the acknowledged law that fire burns. System, on the contrary, has an infinity of rules and instructions as to what you are to do and how you are to do it. Method in education follows Nature humbly; stands aside and gives her fair play.” * “Teaching must not be Obtrusive. ––Half the teaching one hears and sees is more or less obtrusive. The oral lesson and the lecture, with their accompanying notes, give very little scope for the establishment of relations with great minds and various minds. The child who learns his science from a text-book, though he go to Nature for illustrations, and he who gets his information from object-lessons, has no chance of forming relations with things as they are, because his kindly obtrusive teacher makes him believe that to know about things is the same thing as knowing them personally; though every child knows that to know about Prince Edward is by no means the same thing as knowing the boy-prince. We study in many ways the art of standing aside.” * “The art of standing aside to let a child develop the relations proper to him is the fine art of education.” * “Certainly, work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.” ~ George MacDonald * “There is therefore in a really good lesson only one place for the teacher, and that is the background.” ~ Miss R. A. Pennethorne Examen: We study the “the art of standing aside.” How many of Mason’s classroom postures am I able to list that would fit under this heading? Can I identify obtrusive teaching – having either received it or practiced it? How is sacred idleness counter-cultural? ~~~~~~~ In the first place: Charlotte M. Mason, Parents and Children, 2:169. Teaching must not: Charlotte M. Mason, School Education, 3:66. The art of standing: 3:67. Certainly, work is: “Wilfrid Cumbermede, by George Macdonald,” accessed June 3, 2024, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/9183/9183-h/9183-h.htm. There is therefore:“AO Parents’ Review Archives AmblesideOnline.Org,”accessed October9,2024,https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR10p549PNEUPrinciples.shtml. Day 5 Art of Standing Aside meditation/100 Days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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