“ A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ”
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
~ Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget, the wise forgive but do not forget.
Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.
Thousands of years ago--in times we are fond of calling primitive (since this renders us modern without having to exert ourselves further to earn this qualification)...
