The next morning the young man reported for class. The young teacher told the class if they are to have school, there will have to be some rules to go by. He also added that he will allow the students to make up the rules and he will list them on the blackboard. Pretty soon they had 10 rules listed on the board. The teacher had then asked the class what the punishment should be for breaking these rules.
Rules are no good unless they are enforced.
Someone in the class suggested that if the rules were broken, they should receive 10 licks with a rod across their back with their coat off. The teacher thought that was pretty harsh, and asked the class would they stand by this punishment. The class agreed. Everything went pretty good for two or three days. Finally Big Tom came in one day very upset.