Show Sch School ol oland t tand and Home Acme by Dr Daryl J. J McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Ulah Education Association The price of excel excellence I ence Your young son tells you hes he's cleaned up the yard as you asked but you notice a few minutes later that the job is only half I did the best I could your son says lamely Doing less than a persons person's best is a tragic trend rend of the times limes Where is the potter who took an ax and shattered any substandard substandard substandard sub sub- standard products that came out of his kiln Where is the silver haired gentleman who stood outside the Salt Lake County City-County Building and boasted to all who would listen that he helped to tolay tolay tolay lay lay the stone tor that mat structure structure back in the Where oh where is the painter who did re-did the portrait 26 times before he was satisfied with it THERES THERE'S SOMETHING SOl beautiful about a healthy respect for excellence Accepting less than your childs child's best effort without some reproof from Irom you can be as crippling to that youngster as polio Giving a youngster license to accept less than the best can cause a paralysis of spirit Let the boy get away with a poorly-cleaned poorly yard and you'll have taught him a lesson-a lesson lesson Jesson lesson that shoddiness is good goodenough enough Hut But ask yourself ours ll is that the kind kUlu ot or JOD loo you OU d ct want him to do when he becomes abrain a abra abrain bra brain in surgeon The adult who teaches sons SOIlS and daughters to test themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to continually do alesson a alesson alesson lesson a task or a personal project better every time is doing those children a favor lavor Sure its it's a course of action with some risks Expect entirely entirely entirely en en- too much of 01 a child and the result can be an unhappy one But if il we expect too little from the younger generation we can be steering straight for disaster A STILT SALT LAKE K I music teacher tells the story of a young woman who became a remarkable pianist The pianist said it didn't come without conflict though She admits that at times she was la lazy laty y Every now and then my mother would give me a good whack in the seat with a wooden spoon from Irom the kitchen the gifted musician says I appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- ap- ap what she did |