The Way Positive Reinforcement Is Carried Out

Each Of Us Has Interests Which Conflict The Interests Of Everybody Else... 'everybody Else' We Call 'society'. It's A Powerful Opponent And It Always Wins. Oh, Here And There An Individual Prevails For A While And Gets What He Wants. Sometimes He Storms The Culture Of A Society And Changes It To His Own Advantage. But Society Wins In The Long Run, For It Has The Advantage Of Numbers And Of Age.

Many Instructional Arrangements Seem "contrived," But There Is Nothing Wrong With That. It Is The Teacher's Function To Contrive Conditions Under Which Students Learn. It Has Always Been The Task Of Formal Education To Set Up Behavior Which Would Prove Useful Or Enjoyable Later In A Student's Life.

The Majority Of People Don't Want To Plan. They Want To Be Free Of The Responsibility Of Planning. What They Ask For Is Merely Some Assurance That They Will Be Decently Provided For. The Rest Is A Day-to-day Enjoyment Of Life. That's The Explanation For Your Father Divines; People Naturally Flock To Anyone They Can Trust For The Necessities Of Life... They Are The Backbone Of A Community--solid, Trust-worthy, Essential.

Fame Is Also Won At The Expense Of Others. Even The Well-deserved Honors Of The Scientist Or Man Of Learning Are Unfair To Many Persons Of Equal Achievements Who Get None. When One Man Gets A Place In The Sun, The Others Are Put In A Denser Shade. From The Point Of View Of The Whole Group There's No Gain Whatsoever, And Perhaps A Loss.

The Juvenile Delinquent Does Not Feel His Disturbed Personality. The Intelligent Man Does Not Feel His Intelligence Or The Introvert His Introversion.