Mark Jones wrote:
"Next time you administer the pushups to your boys in
front of your outpost please visualize the commander above
you walking up and telling you to give him 5 in front of
the outpost after all none of us are perfect."
Maybe it's from having done that as a Guide and Sr.
Guide, but that idea doesn't bother me much. About a year
ago I was teaching toolcraft, when a boy ran in the path of
an ax. My initial response was pushups (and bonus because
of the danger involved). I described the situation here
and was basically told it was mostly MY fault. Next
Wednesday after opening ceremonies Sr. Commander had to
give that boy his punnishment back.
I'm not trying to defend pushups as a punnishment, (I've
got a lot of catching up to see how this has played out to
far) but the respect I got by submitting myself to the
rules was amazing. Whatever type of punnishment system you
use, must be applied equally - to boys in the patrols, the
officers (Guides, etc.), and the commanders. It falls to
the boys' sense of fair play - if someone breaks the rules
they get the same punnishment as anyone else.
Dale
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