The Curriculum

The Common Branches Important

“The common branches of education should be fully and prayerfully taught.”PH131 12.1

“The little ones should be trained to be obedient, upright, and practical.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 70.PH131 12.2

“The youth should be taught to look upon physiology as one of the essential studies.”PH131 12.3

“Our schools should teach the children all kinds of simple labor. Teach them that all their faculties of body and mind were given to them to use, and that all are the Lord's, pledged to His service.”PH131 12.4

“If teachers were receiving light and wisdom from the Divine Teacher, * * * they would measure the relative importance of the things to be learned in school; the common, essential branches of education would be more thoroughly taught, and the Word of God would be honored and esteemed as the bread sent down from heaven.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 165.PH131 12.5