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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...