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g]ver imperfect organs. It

is the difficulty with imperfect organs that is the

usual root of the feeling of inferiority, and here

again we must remember that it is not the organic

inferiority that causes the

maladjustments which

is

it

problem but the social

brings in its wake. It

this that provides the educational opportunity.

Train a person to adjust himself

socially

organic inferiorities, so far from being

may become

assets.

organic inferiority

striking interest,

which

may

For

may

as

we have

and the

liabilities,

seen,

an

be the origin of a very

developed through training,

rule the individual's whole

life,

and

provided this interest runs in a useful channel,

it

may mean

It all

a great deal to the individual.

depends on the way the organic dif181

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with the social adjustment. Thus

in the case of a child who wants only to see, or

ficulty fits in

only to hear,

it

up

is

to the teacher to develop

his interest in the use of all his sense organs.

Otherwise he will be out of line with the rest of

the pupils.

We

are all familiar with the case of the left-

handed

who grows up clumsy. As a

child

one realizes that

this

child

is

rule

no

left-handed and

that this accounts for his clumsiness. Because of

his left-handedness

the family.

We

he

is

constantly at odds with

find that such children either

become fighting or aggressive children which is

an advantage or else they become depressed and

peevish.

When

his problems,

such a child goes to school with

we

shall find

him

either combative,

or else downhearted, irritable and lacking in

courage.

Besides the children with imperfect organs, a

presented by the great number of

pampered children who come to school. Now the

problem

way

is...