“What I do feel the modern child lacks, when compared with the earlier generation, is concentration, and the sheer dogged grit to carry a long job through. ... Helping children to face up to a certain amount of drudgery, cheerfully and energetically, is one of the biggest problems that teachers, in these days of ubiquitous entertainment, have to face in our schools.” FeelsChildrenLongHelpingProblemSchoolJobsFacesCertainEducationFocusTeacherGenerationsModernAmountEntertainmentThese DaysConcentrationSheerGritDrudgeryHelping Children Book:Chronicles of Fairacre, Comprising Village School, Village Diary, and Storm in the Village Source: Chronicles of Fairacre, Comprising Village School, Village Diary, and Storm in the Village