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I can still remember the words of the chemistry professor:
"Class, this is not a play ground. In this laboratory we are about serious business. A mistake in here could well mean serious burns, costly repairs, and even the possibility of death. Heed my words. Do as I say. Do not deviate from what I instruct."
After these words it was very difficult to perform the experiments. The professor made his points. His admonitions were adhered to.
The outcome of the professor's attitude was a safe chemistry class. Only very minor accidents resulted.
As playground supervisor for nearly four hundred children at one time, I very quickly learned that rules and authority were needed. I had to institute the children's desire to follow the rules while allowing them the latitude of having fun and enjoying the recess hour. It was only within the context of everyone following the rules that everyone had a good time.
At church camp it was always "spoiling the good times" when the first lecture to greet the campers was on the rules of the camp for the whole week. The success of the camping experience, again, depended upon the majority of the children following the rules so that everyone could have a good time.
Moses soon learned that the same kinds of law and order would be needed for his people to follow, if they were to be a successful people of God.
-- Netz
I can still remember the words of the chemistry professor:
"Class, this is not a play ground. In this laboratory we are about serious business. A mistake in here could well mean serious burns, costly repairs, and even the possibility of death. Heed my words. Do as I say. Do not deviate from what I instruct."
After these words it was very difficult to perform the experiments. The professor made his points. His admonitions were adhered to.
The outcome of the professor's attitude was a safe chemistry class. Only very minor accidents resulted.
As playground supervisor for nearly four hundred children at one time, I very quickly learned that rules and authority were needed. I had to institute the children's desire to follow the rules while allowing them the latitude of having fun and enjoying the recess hour. It was only within the context of everyone following the rules that everyone had a good time.
At church camp it was always "spoiling the good times" when the first lecture to greet the campers was on the rules of the camp for the whole week. The success of the camping experience, again, depended upon the majority of the children following the rules so that everyone could have a good time.
Moses soon learned that the same kinds of law and order would be needed for his people to follow, if they were to be a successful people of God.
-- Netz
