Excerpt from The Backward Child a Study of the Psychology and Treatment of Backwardness: A Practical Manual for Teachers and StudentsThe remedy lies in the recognition of individual differences in the mental make up of school children. Gross differences we have recognised, at least since the time of Seguin and Itard. Of the finer distinctions we have been unconscious, as is evidenced by the general uniformity in school curricula throughout the country, the literature on methods of teaching, the training given to persons desirous of entering upon teaching as their life work. Because we could see the damage done to children's bodies by hours spent at desks too large or too small, we have now provided adjustable seats and desks. Because we could not see the damage - either positive or negative - which is done to the minds of children who are forced to attend a school where the particular mental differences and difficulties are not understood, we have put the whole burden upon the child and called him stupid.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.