roles in action roles that keep things going smoothly and fair rules that help us get where we're going help us work together play together and live together of course and small groups we sometimes get along without many of us play together rules make the game rules help us play fair with each other so all can enjoy the game rules that apply equally to all it's up to each one of us to know the roles and follow them and we can each take part in making the rules more fair and more useful inside our school we also have rules for a fair play and for getting along together in our library for example here many of us use the same books and reference materials so we have set up rules to help make the library a good place to study and read and to help all of us use the books more fairly than cars at to the rule of course she could not make an exception but she suggested that john take his problem to the principal all right i will so john came to see me to ask me to make an exception in his case what should we tell people who want to conceptions to the rulers how can we show them that exceptions are unfair that they spoil the game that said they spoil a game when you strike out in baseball would it be fair to ask for an exception for another strike when you're in a hurry to get somewhere you still wait at red light you know that exceptions would not be fair just imagine imagine having an exception on the library that is side that one person doesn't have to bring books back but another one does what this be fair would it be fair to make exceptions and excuse some people from paying fines bomb making other people pay well john finally agreed that rules must apply to everyone that exceptions are unfair the rules are pretty important after all the rules are so important that we go into a lot of trouble to remind  everyone of the rulers a post bulletin that remind us of the road fire drills where to go and what to do about school activities what they do and how they operate about safety on the streets near our school rules for living together we have home guards stray minders of our traffic girls in the hallways our teachers are always glad to answer questions about their orders yes most of the time we remember and respect the are not listening very carefully elven whose job is of the sea that you know the rules them what can i say how can i show alvin his responsibility how do you convince people that they must learn the rose suppose suppose you are watching a game of work a baseball if someone caught a fly and traded places with the back well then you'd have some idea one of the rules and you could look to see where the bases where they might be just like regular baseball or perhaps not then if you were given a chance to play you would ask some questions questions about the rules and then you'd play and you'd have fun by playing by the rules now suppose you're in school on your way to a new class whenever you come into a new situation you watch for rules so as you enter shop class for the first time you look around you see workbenches quite a few of them you'll probably be assigned to one and it will be up to you to and the rules whenever many people use the same thing rules are necessary miles how do you get permission you ask and find out that's another way to learn the rules look around you read watch ask questions you can learn the rules if you try well alvin seemed to understand that it was his responsibility to learn the rules and a promise to bring his gym shoes the next day you know it's worth remembering when we don't know the road or if we forget them it's just as unfair to others as if we broke the rules on purpose now or any he's one of our home guards they've been waiting to see me because he congested as it was when traffic rules were set up maybe they need changing would you change the rule mr taylor that might help alas not my role to change any remember the student committee plans all traffic program you might like to study the problem talk it over with the other guys and and make suggestions to the student committee that's a good idea will do that thank you not at all that's another important thing to remember about rules that set up to meet a need and we can each take part in changing them if changes are needed how rules are made our school board here in town make some rules after all the parents hold them responsible for making this a good school our state government makes some of our own rules for schools to give each one of us a fair chance to learn and we throw our own student representatives make some of the rules too they help us find ways of making our life and schools smoother and more pleasant and fair for all our rules apply equally to all with no exceptions that is part of making them fair each one of us has the responsibility of learning the rows and remembering to follow them and we can work together to make better rules when we need them and to use our rules that help make living at school more happy and worthwhile for