Yes, with modesty and decorum, but with power! What will the old class of pedagogues say to this?
What! allow pupils to tell you of your faults! Certainly; they know them; at least, those committed in their presence.

They talk of them to themselves, why not to us?
Some of the best _lessons_ I ever got were under similar circumstances.
Persons, in such circumstances, cannot be too circumspect, as every trifling fault will be magnified, both by parents and children.
Indeed, character is of so much importance, that the designs of benevolent individuals are very often frustrated by appointing improper persons to fill such situations.

I have seen, more than once, the interests of two hundred babes sacrificed to serve one individual; and persons have been chosen merely because they had been unfortunate, and to serve them they have been placed in a situation disagreeable to themselves, and unprofitable to the children.

It is one thing to possess certain information, but it is another to be able to communicate that information to infants.

Patience is a virtue absolutely indispensable, as it will frequently take the master or mistress a whole hour to investigate a subject that may appear of little or no importance: such as one child accusing another of stealing a trifle,--as a plum, a cherry, a button, or any other thing of little value.