The Nation: Teaching by Horoscope

The president of the New York City board of education last week suggested a novel teacher's aid: astrology. At an educational forum, Isaiah E. Robinson said that "if astrology is correct," some classroom problems of misbehavior may be caused by pupils whose birth signs conflict with those of other children, or possibly their teachers'. It may be, Robinson suggested, that teachers should take the planets into consideration to understand the kids better. Presumably, a Taurian heaving erasers at an Aquarian may have his cosmic reasons.

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