Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations To Restore Hope To The Future

Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future

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It is impossible to read Turning to One Another in the wake of the devastating attack on New York Citys World Trade Center and not marvel at the books eerie and moving prescience. Of course Margaret Wheatley has already earned herself a (deserved and legit) reputation as the Oprah of "sensitive" organizational books with such titles as A Simpler Way. But this book--devoted entirely to centrality of conversation in healing everything from personal relationships to organizational dysfunction to world discord--flows so broadly and easily across the borders of genre or topic its almost as though Wheatley intuited when writing it how the need for its message would soon skyrocket. "The intent of this book is to encourage and support you to begin conversations about things that are important to you and those near you," Wheatley writes right up front in the clean, straightforward voice that always saves her work, unlike that of so many other "New Age" gurus, from cheesiness. "It has no other purpose." She then delivers on that promise, making her points in short, succinct, finely written essays on various aspects of human understanding and connection, invoking the thinking of great humanists like Paolo Friere and Nelson Mandela, peppering her thoughts with encounters with people around the world, and then expanding on 10 "conversation starters" like "Do I feel a vocation to be truly human?" "When have I experienced good listening?" and "When have I experienced working for the common good?"

Suffice to say, those looking for some worksheet-packed, three-step plan for organizational harmony wont find it here. Those willing to take a slower, harder, more thoughtful and likely more rewarding path to better relations on any level--or even those looking for the book equivalent of a cool, tall drink of water (perhaps where all change begins)--will be truly moved and genuinely inspired by Wheatleys practical, timely wisdom. --Timothy Murphy

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I believe we can change the world if we start talking to one another again. With this simple declaration, author Margaret Wheatley proposes that we use the increasingly popular process of conversation and dialogue as the means to develop solutions for the societal changes that need to occur both locally and globally. Wheatley asserts that the changes required in all aspects of modern life will not come from governments or large organizations, national programs, new policies or laws. The changes will be led by peopleeveryday people self-organizing locally with colleagues and friends to create the changes they want. Turning to One Another will help you begin conversations about things that are important to you. Wheatley begins by describing several conditions that support good conversation, including simplicity, personal courage, real listening, diversity, and several others. Ten short essays will act as Conversation Starters, leading people into conversations about their deepest beliefs, fears, and hopes.
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So simple, and yet such a fresh way of looking at life, leadership, community and conversation. I learned a ton from this book, very helpful in specific situations I am involved in. It teaches me how to become an ever better listener.

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I enjoyed reading Margaret Wheatleys book, "Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future". This book is easy to read, applicable and possibly life-changing.

Read it and talk about it with a group of friends.
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Read this book with a group of your friends, or neighbors, or with a group of the willing. The opening premise simply states: "I believe we can change the world, if we start listening to one another again. Simple, truthful conversation where we each have a chance to speak, we each feel heard and we each listen well." The book encourages us to actually listen to each other, to different perspectives, to our own perspective, with the aim that we are better off when we have genuine connections with others. One of the best parts of the book is "A Prayer for Children" by Ina. J. Hughes the poem is poignant, humorous and intriguing.

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The book was shipped in a very timely manner and exactly how it was described. Excellent purchase!!!

If there is one book on changing relationships you must read, this is it!
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Margaret has created such a powerful book on conversation, learning, and change. I can not imagine a more powerful book telling stories that can transform how we work, play, and learn together. This is a life changing read and one that I highly recommend. And even more importantly, in such a turbulent time, keeping in conversation with others may be the only thing that helps us hold this world together. Therefore, do not only read the book, but put into action conversations that can change the world.

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No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H. L. Mencken

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This seemingly counterintuitive notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organized and how we live our daily lives. With seemingly boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, economic behaviorism, artificial intelligence, military history and political theory to show just how this principle operates in the real world.

Despite the sophistication of his arguments, Surowiecki presents them in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The examples he uses are all down-to-earth, surprising, and fun to ponder. Why is the line in which youre standing always the longest? Why is it that you can buy a screw anywhere in the world and it will fit a bolt bought ten-thousand miles away? Why is network television so awful? If you had to meet someone in Paris on a specific day but had no way of contacting them, when and where would you meet? Why are there traffic jams? Whats the best way to win money on a game show? Why, when you walk into a convenience store at 2:00 A.M. to buy a quart of orange juice, is it there waiting for you? What do Hollywood mafia movies have to teach us about why corporations exist?

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Surowieckis The Wisdom of Crowds documents and analyzes an extremely important phenomenon. When people guess at a question to which nearly no one knows the answer but most people can make a sensible guess (e.g., what proportion of the worlds airports are in the USA how many marbles can fit into a box that is a meter on each side) the average of a large group is nearly always more accurate than the guess of any member of that group. Moreover, the more people involved, the more accurate the average is.
This phenomenon was first discovered by Francis Galton, Charles Darwins first cousin. Throughout his life, Galton was obsessed with measurement and categorization. His study of fingerprints led to their use by the police to identify criminals. His study of twins revealed that biological heredity determines intelligence and temperament. He also worked out the coefficient of correlation, which is a basis of modern statistics. In 1906, when Galton was eighty-five and still as inquisitive as ever, he visited a country fair. One of the events was a contest to try to guess what the weight of an ox, which was on display, would be after it had been killed and dressed. In order to enter the contest, a person had to pay sixpence and write his guess, along with his name and address, on a piece of paper. After the contest was over, Galton borrowed the papers with the guesses. There were 787 papers in total. To his amazement, the average guess was only one pound less that the actual weight (1,198 pounds). That was closer than any individual guess. Yet, some of the participants in the contest were butchers and cattle raisers, who would be expected to do much better than the average.
This phenomenon also applies to predictions of future events. That is why it is nearly impossible to make money consistently by betting on sporting events - because the odds are determined by the average of all bets, which is extremely accurate. The most striking illustration of this phenomenon is the otherwise inexplicable fact that, with very few exceptions, professional stock investors (managers of mutual funds, pension funds, etc.) do worse than the stock market indexes. Professional investors are highly intelligent people, who devote all their time to analyzing stocks and stock market trends they have specially developed soft-ware and teams of assistants. But their analyses are not as accurate as the average analysis of all investors.
However, for the wisdom of crowds to work, two conditions must be met (pages 10-11, 36-7). One is that the opinions of the individuals involved must be formed and expressed independently of the others. When decisions are made by groups meeting together, the group is often swayed by a consensus that seems to have formed or by one or two of its member who seem to have more expertise, or who express their opinions forcefully. Also, the individuals involved must have some knowledge of what is involved. For example, the average prediction of Indonesian peasants as to which team will win the National Football League championship would be worthless.
In line with the second condition, the wisdom of crowds does not apply to areas of technical expertise. The average guess of a crowd as to the weight of an ox when it has been slaughtered and dressed is more accurate than the estimate of any butcher in the crowd. But the butchers in the crowd are more adept than any non-butchers at carving the ox, storing its meat, and preparing it for sale.
Surowiecki offers a general explanation (pages 10-11) for why the crowds are wiser than any of their individual members and specific reasons (pages 34, 44-50) for why professional stock investors do worse than the stock indexes. I found the latter explanations more convincing than the former.
Surowiecki also discusses (pages 236, 245-6) the obvious objection that the average prices of stocks, houses, and commodities often rise and fall sharply, without regard to the value of the assets involved. Such price swings do not occur with ordinary goods and services, such as televisions or haircuts nor does a rise in price of ordinary goods and services induce more people to buy them. Average predictions of the results of sporting events or of elections are also immune from irrational price bubbles. In these cases, the accuracy of the predictions is decided unequivocally at a specific time in the near future. That keeps the crowd tethered to reality. But when the prices of stocks, houses, and commodities rise, that means that they can be resold at a higher price and there is no point at which the bet is definitely over and the bettors have undeniably been proved right or wrong.

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I read this book between my freshman and sophomore years as an undergrad at Carleton College. Now, years later, Im a PhD student studying Information, which is an interdisciplinary field created in part to examine the phenomena Surowiecki so brilliantly describes: disparate pieces of information held by ordinary people aggregating into miraculously accurate predictions. This idea is also at the core of modern economics, in which prices are understood as conveying critical information more efficiently than any central authority ever could.

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Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networks are the results of Web 2.0. But what do they mean? To many people they are the new noise on the internet. But there is something going on, under the current, that can change the corporations that recognize that they can leverage these networks. It may not even be apparent to those that are heavy users of these social networks. What you have, at a high level, are crowds of very diverse people coming together under the umbrella of social networks. James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, has tapped into these networks, and more, to provide you with a very readable, enjoyable look at these emerging networks.

Contents: The Wisdom of Crowds The Difference Difference Makes: Waggle Dances, the Bay of Pigs, and the Value of Diversity Monkey See, Monkey Do: Imitation, Information Cascades, and Independence Putting the Pieces Together: The CIA, Linux, and the Art of Decentralization Shall We Dance?: Coordination in a Complex World Society Does Exist: Taxes, Tipping, Television, and Trust Traffic: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate Science: Collaboration, Competition, and Reputation Committees, Juries, and Teams: The Columbia Disaster and How Small Groups Can Be Made to Work The Company: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? Markets: Beauty Contests, Bowling Alleys, and Stock Prices Democracy: Dreams of a Common Good Acknowledgements Notes

Surowiecki begins the book with a look at an ox weighing competition from 1906. Francis Galton, believed that only a select few were capable of keeping societies healthy. Breeding mattered and the unwashed crowds did not have the mental capacity to make any decision of importance. After the ox weighing competition, Galton was provided with all the crowds guesses. He believed that the crowd would be off by a magnitude and that only one or two people would have guessed the correct weight. However, after tabulating the results, he found that the average guess was 1,197 pounds. The actual weight was 1,198 pounds. The crowds guess was perfect. This is at the heart of Surowieckis book There is a huge, intelligent crowd out there and you need to understand how to tap into it and use it. He examines all sorts of crowds traffic, the CIA and NASA, the stock market, and more. Each holds valuable lessons in using the wisdom of crowds which can be applied to many situations.

Social networks are an important result of Web 2.0. For many people, and corporations, they seem to simply be another example of the internet wasting peoples time. Surowiecki makes you sit up and recognize the value of these new methods of tapping into the crowd with this enjoyable, highly recommended book. While the internet makes connections easier, throughout history you see that visionaries use the crowd to predict election outcomes (and it isnt through polls), horse racing results, and more. Even using the wisdom of your employees, you can create better products, find new markets, and change the rules of competition. If you want to understand the value of social networks, how to leverage them, or how to truly empower your employees, this book is a "must read." Not only does Surowiecki help you use these networks, he also provides guidance on how to correct poor performing small groups.

Great book
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This was a fantastic read. Take it on the train or to the beach. I read it while waiting in a jury pool (Theres actually a chapter concerning juries). Great balance between specific events and larger trends. Its similar in style to books like Freakonomics and The Tipping Point.

Some of the arguments are intriguing, but not all of them are convincing
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Makes the argument that groups of people, apprropriately diversified and independent, can make better decisions than even the smartest individuals in the group most of the time, when their individual ideas, votes, or guesses are properly aggregated.

If it seems like Ive used too many qualifiers in summarizing the argument, so does the author in making the argument. Some of the arguments are intriguing, but not all of them are convincing, and in the second half of the book he spends more time discussing general examples without driving the arguments home.

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A major rewrite of Dettmers classic Goldratts Theory of Constraints, this new edition presents a whole new approach to building and applying logic trees. The logical thinking process referred to in the title is nothing less than a broadly applicable, systems-level approach to policy analysis. Dettmer has streamlined the process of constructing the logic trees while simultaneously ensuring that the results are more logically sound and closer representations of reality than ever before. He explains an easier, more logically sound way to integrate Current Reality Trees with Evaporating Clouds. His new version of the thinking process "retires" the Transition Tree in favor of the marriage of a more detailed Prerequisite Tree and critical chain project management. This book contains new examples of logic trees from a variety of real-world applications. Most of the diagrams and illustrations are new and improved. Explanations and procedures for constructing the logic trees are considerably simplified. Completely new to this edition is a unique graphical software application - Transformation Logic Trees, designed primarily to create thinking process logic trees and only secondarily for other flowcharting uses. Provided on the accompanying CD-ROM is a full-function, unrestricted copy of version 1.0 for new and experienced users of the thinking process alike to use in building their logic trees. Appendix J in the book provides more information on how to install and use the software.
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Customer ReviewsGreat systematization
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1
While deepening my knowledge on the Theory of Constraint, I was looking for something that could give me a complete and systematic approach to the Thinking Process.
I must say that this book is really fulfilling my needs.

Use this book to solve your difficult problem
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
If you are serious about solving your difficult problem, there is no better starting point than Dettmers book. That said, the process is not easy. You will identify the undesirable effects and construct diagrams to help you discover the root causes. You will identify the limiting factors that prevent you from achieving your goals. You will identify the intermediate objectives which help you reach your goals. And you will learn more acronyms than you thought you could ever remember. Perhaps you will even become a better thinker. Use this book to understand Goldratts Thinking Process, and to solve your difficult problem.

The Logical Thinking Process Bible
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Bill has produced an exquisite update to his earlier works, well recongnized as the definitive source for the logical thinking process. With some new simplifications and very effective process summaries, this book is an essential tool when you have a serious problem to address. Bills clear and concise writing makes the material accessible to all. His personal experiences improving many organizations ensure results.

I wish our politicians could use a process like this to address the systemic problems that plague Washington DC and our nation, such as Health Care. One can only hope...

Makes yoour thinking better
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If you read and apply this book, it will make your thinking and discussing much better. This book is like good textbook about one thing: good thinking. And it works. Recommended.

Very useful
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the book not just tell what the thinking process is and show how to conduct the process. with this books help, I came from knowing TOC to using TOC.

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Knowledge Discovery in Databases PKDD 2006 10th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases Berlin Germany Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
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Rating: 4.0
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD 2006, held in Berlin, Germany in September 2006, jointly with ECML 2006. The 36 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented together with abstracts of 5 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 564 papers submitted to both, ECML and PKDD. The papers present a wealth of new results in knowledge discovery in databases and address all current issues in the area.
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, ICISTM 2009, held in Ghaziabad, India, in March 2009 The 30 revised full papers presented together with 4 keynote papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on storage and retrieval systems; data mining and classification; managing digital goods and services; scheduling and distributed systems; advances in software engineering; case studies in information management; algorithms and workflows; authentication and detection systems; recommendation and negotiation; secure and multimedia systems; as well as 14 extended poster abstracts.
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Decision Trees for Business Intelligence and Data Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner
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Using SAS Enterprise Miner, this book illustrates the application and operation of decision trees in business intelligence, data mining, business analytics, prediction, and knowledge discovery. It explains in detail the use of decision trees as a data mining technique and how this technique complements and supplements data mining approaches such as regression, as well as other business intelligence applications that incorporate tabular reports, OLAP, or multidimensional cubes. Examples show how various aspects of decision trees are constructed, how they operate, how to interpret them, and how to use them in a range of predictive and descriptive applications. The examples are drawn from the areas of purchase behavior, risk assessment, and business-to-business marketing. This book also describes the various disciplines that contributed to the development of decision trees and how, even today, decision trees can be used as a form of machine intelligence. Examples of using and interpreting graphic decision trees as executable rules are provided. The target audience includes analysts who have an introductory understanding of data mining and who want to benefit from a more advanced, in-depth look at the theory and methods of a decision tree approach to business intelligence and data mining.
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Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series)

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Provides a complete methodology for everything from strategic planning to the selection of new technologies and the evaluation of application releases. A visual guide to developing an effective BI decision-support application. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
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Customer ReviewsGood organized document
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
I like this book, its easy to read it...

Good document

A must have in your reference library for all BI development teams and PMS!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
This book is a must have for all PMs and development teams undertaking BI/DW! The authors are thorough in covering key aspects of the BI project (in terms that all resources understand) and outlining the team composite, approach and process to follow to accomplish the development of BI.

The CD in the back contains a detailed project plan that lays out all segments of the DW/BI product development lifecycle and outlying contingent work areas(a godsend when doing start ups for BI development). Modify and go is a lot simpler than starting from scratch in my book and I have authored a lot of technical project plans! I have used this book in the course of my career over and over, as have many of my counterparts, and I highly recommend it!

Great reference
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
Ive never found these type of books all that useful (certainly not something you read cover to cover), but this one does have great organization and an emphasis on the project management aspect (not just some techie jibber jabber which is out of date in a year).

I use it mostly to help me clarify with sr. management why our BI department is doing what its doing, expected benefits and risks. It helps explain why it is important to do all the ground work. Even if we arent given time and resources to do it, it helps me keep my eye on the ball, not lose sight of objectives, and work in good best practices whenever possible.

I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is entrenched in BI projects on a regular basis.

Great for a PM
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :3
Am currently in the process of executing a DW/BI project, my background is JAVA application Project management. This book has been great in getting me upto speed on the basic architecture and lingo of BI/DW.

Book lays out step by step the different parts to a DW. The front office, the back office, meta data repository. Highlights how DW/BI phases are different from other application dev phases. It doesnt go into how to do data modelling - for this get the lifecycle toolkit. But it gives a great overview of planning a BI/DW initiative. Much better than the pure Project Management books.
To get a complete picture Id use this book along with the Toolkit book.

Excellent book - for beginners...
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :1
The author has well organized the contents, and provided a clear explanation of each of the topics (each topic is a step/phase in the overall BI implementation methodology).... Has a project plan template also...
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The Pirates Gold Game from ThinkFun challenges kids to move the pirate figure to find golden treasure chest pieces using the 40 mind challenge cards with solutions that feature 4 levels of play. After setting up the board, the player moves the pirate and special arrow pieces to reach the treasure, while dodging dead ends and obstacles! Includes black game grid, 1 Pirate game piece, 8 arrow pieces, 8 blocking pieces, 4 gold treasure chest pieces and game-go bag. For 1 player.
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The 3rd Edition of this classic Canter text is a "must read" for teachers. It shows you step-by-step how to implement the Assertive Discipline program, a tried and true proactive approach to classroom management. By placing an emphasis on balancing classroom structure with building a caring and trusting relationship with students, you create a winning situation for students and teachers alike. Over one million educators worldwide have benefited from this highly successful program. These practical and flexible strategies are perfect for new teachers -- and they are a great refresher for experienced teachers.
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In its third edition, this text has been a tried and true collection of positive behavior management for over 30 years. The collection of skills and strategies for teachers to use include a proactive approach, having a classroom discipline plan in place, building positive relationships, and using positive feedback to motivate students to behave. The tools offered in this text are designed to facilitate a safe, healthy, respectful environment in which students can learn and teachers can teach effectively.

The idea of positive behavior interventions has recently become very popular in the public school systems with which I have been involved. Although these strategies have been developed by these authors for years, their implementation through school wide reward programs and emphasis on giving individual student positive feedback just begun at my sons elementary school this year. These concepts for behavior management, as developed by the authors, were revolutionary for the American school system 30 years ago, and still hold in awe those who are new to the idea that power and control are not always negative in nature, but can in fact be helpful and even necessary to maintain an environment conducive to achievement. As a student in the field of education, and from my own experience in the classroom, I agree with the premise in this text that stud

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I hear it is a great book. I ordered it in November, and now it is mid January. Sure wish I had it by now.

Best Book on the Subject
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The best thing I can say about this book is that the advice is easy to implement and it really works. I have other books on discipline but this one is the most helpful. I was arguing with one of my kids over something the other day, caught myself, remembered the advice in the book and instead of arguing gave him choices (rewards or consequences). The issue was quickly resolved. I wish I had read this book when my children were younger.

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I highly recommend this book to anyone who works with children. Ive been working with kids on and off from 1992 from infants to elementary school and this book is a must have. It provides techniques to set limits and consequences while giving the child the ownership of their behavior. Children learn to be responsible for their choices and their dignity is maintained.

A Practical Guide to Classroom Discipline
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Discipline is always a challenge. Lee Canter points out that a significant fraction of teachers have seriously considered leaving the profession because of student misbehavior. And how many have already left? Discipline issues lead to failure in beginning teachers and burnout among experienced ones.

Classroom rules should be posted and observable (e. g., not something unobservable such as "Be considerate.") and limited to about five. Of course, classroom activities themselves should be subsumed under the rule, "Follow instructions the first time they are given." A list of escalating consequences should be given for any rule broken. Teachers should never fall for the "You are unfair!" or "My parents dont care!" lines given by misbehaving kids. Something that the teacher cannot or will not do should NEVER be a consequence.

Canter believes that teachers are not as successful in discipline as they could be because they enforce rules inconsistently and because they are afraid that students will not like them. This, of course, especially applies to novice teachers.

When the hierarchy of rules and consequences is not working, the teacher needs to "drop down" to more severe consequences. When the entire classroom is briefly in disorder, the teacher must apply the "Freeze!" technique. In severe cases of persistent classroom disorder, the teacher needs to apply an individual-reward and/or classroom-reward system. Canter rejects contentions that this procedure constitutes bribery, or that it ignores intrinsic motivation in kids. In fact, Canter believes that intrinsic motivation is rare in children.

Canter also believes that, in cases of severely recalcitrant children, the teacher must try different approaches and adopt an "I will not go away" attitude that is clearly communicated to these children. In his more recent publications, Canter also has emphasized the teachers development of positive relationships with tough kids.

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