Miss Bowen disturbed the whole room much more than any talking between
Sadie and Joseph did when she called the attention of the other pupils
to the fact that Joseph and Sadie were talking without permission.
Every teacher should remember that children need constantly to be
reminded of what they should do until the act becomes a habit. Miss
Bowen did Sadie an injustice, since the child had not been accustomed to
ask permission when she wished to speak.
It was very well for Miss Bowen to wait until she had finished the work
at hand before speaking to Sadie, but she should have remembered that
the child had had time to forget that she had spoken. To pull her out of
her seat and publicly scold her was entirely out of place.