A teacher has no right to put a child into the predicament of choosing
between two conflicting moral codes without explaining the situation and
giving due thought to the pupil’s viewpoint. Parents will rightly affirm
that a teacher is tactless and incompetent who runs his pupils up into a
corner on the matter of tattling.
On the other hand, how strong is the appreciation of the teacher or
principal who gives opportunity for a dignified moral choice! The appeal
to manhood or womanhood never fails to draw forth a response. In some
pupils the response is insufficient, but when a wise disciplinarian
makes such an appeal he almost invariably gets the desired results.