Hi all,
Dale, your situation reminds me of the LTC adage "A teachable moment".
Use the mistake as an opportunity to teach the right from wrong way to
do things. In your toolcraft case; importance of safety, safe area, and
paying attention to what others are doing.
In any form of punishment, the punishie needs to know what they did
wrong and why they are being punished for it. It needs to always be
administered in love. As a commander, if we feel the temperature rising
in us, due to something or someone doing wrong, then, before we open our
mouths we need to cool down. A word said in haste cannot be taken back.
Whether to use push-ups or any other sort of physical fitness
punishments' success rate is based on how it is administered. Done
poorly, and the young man is scarred. Done properly, and a valuable
lesson is learned. Come off as a drill sergeant and you get what you
sow. Reach, Teach and Keep Boys for Jesus Christ.
Just my two cents worth,
Bob Triphahn
Sr. Cmdr. O/P 312
Victory Church
St. Clair, Mo.
>
> 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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