Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Tradition vs. Modernity in Education
Ralston:
A year ago, I told you I wanted the new style of Latin pronunciation taught. And you totally ignored it.
Mr. Chips: [regarding [[Cicero; about 'vicissim', an adverb]
Oh, that. Nonsense, in my opinion. Nonsense. ].] What's the good of teaching boys to say Kikero', when, for the rest of their lives, they'll say Sissero'? If they say it a'tall. Instead of vy-sissum', you'd make them say we-kiss-'em.
Ralston:
There you are. I'm trying to make Brookfield an up-to-date school and you insist on clinging to the past. The world's changing, Mr. Chipping.
Mr. Chips:
I know the world's changing, Dr. Ralston. I've seen the old traditions die, one by one. Grace, dignity, feeling for the past - all that matters here today is a fat banking account. You're trying to run the school like a factory, for turning out money-making machine-made snobs. You've raised the fees. And in the end, the boys who really belong at Brookfield will be frozen out, frozen out. Modern methods, intensive training - poppycock! Give a boy a sense of humor and a sense of proportion and he'll stand up to anything. I'm not going to retire, you can do what you like about it.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Ralston: [to Mr. Chips]
And when you write that books of yours, remember that in addition to all those boys you taught, you managed to teach something to at least one headmaster.
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