How Do We View Discipline?

     We probably know someone-maybe a fellow student or a teacher-who never admits to making a mistakes or being wrong. How do we feel about someone like that? Would our opinion of him go up or down if one day he came right out and said, "I'm sorry; I see I was wrong"?

      Really,we all make mistakes, don't we? None of us are perfect or faultless.Some mistakes come from just 'not knowing'. But not all do.Many mistakes are because of not caring. So not all wrongs can be chalked up to simple error. Willful ignorance is often the cause. Worse, a person may do what he knows is wrong-excusing himself for one reason or another.

     All of this shows the need for discipline, which involves correction. We all need correction, whether we are young or old. In fact, if there were no discipline or correction their could be no progress in any field of human living. People would keep on making the same mistakes, believing the same wrong ideas, never advancing in knowledge or ability.

    But did you know that discipline means more than just correction?It can also be training that molds, strengthens, or makes better. Discipline is properly given with a view to correction and improvement for the future.