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sunshinemiss -> RE: Writing Lines as Punishment (4/20/2011 3:23:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: littlewonder
when I had to write lines for Master it was his way of ingraining in me my mistake so that it would never be forgotten. It was his way of making sure the mistake stayed in my mind.
It's like making someone do something over and over again until they get it correct.
Repetition keeps you from making the mistake again and the better you get at whatever it is.
Actualy, little wonder, repetition enforces the negative behavior. It adds an additional and unnecessary step. There is a reason that soldiers don't focus on what they did wrong when they are putting their gun together, they focus on the RIGHT way to do it. If they add that extra step of "DON'T do this", then that hesitation can end with terrible consequences.
People who work with beginners know that the best way to teach a something is to show them and have them think of and focus on what they SHOULD do instead of what they shouldn't do.
You're saying this:
Don't push this red button.
It doesn't tell you what you SHOULD do.
I'm saying this:
Push the green button.
In my scenario, you avoid the blue, the yellow, the purple, the white, the orange, the black, and the clear buttons. In yours, you still don't know what to do. You only know what one thing NOT to do. And then you have to experiment with each button to figure out eventually which one is the correct one. Wouldn't it have been simpler just to say "push the GREEN button"?
Is this making sense? I haven't had coffee yet this morning.
best,
sunshine
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