Essay On DISCIPLINE

By discipline we understand that training which makes us active in accordance with certain prescribed rules and implicit obedience to the orders of a superior authority. Complete obedience, without questioning the propriety or otherwise of the commands of a superior, is thus an essential factor of discipline. Every civilized society rests upon the solid foundation of discipline; for without it there would be no order or regularity hut only chaos and disorder. What the rudder is to the ship, the sting is to the bee, the horns are to the bull that is discipline to life. Just as it is impossible for a ship to sail over the sea with safety without a rudder, being entirely at the mercy of the winds and waves, so it is impossible for a man to pass through the journey of life with any amount of success without being protected by discipline.

It follows; therefore that discipline is of the utmost importance to us in all spheres of life at home, in school and college and in public life. A child must be taught the value of discipline from the moment his sense is seen to develop. This will contribute to his future greatness, from his character and make him otherwise a useful member of society. A child no subjected to discipline from his early life will acquire the habit of doing what he like at his own sweet will and not being mature enough to know what is for his good. He will have the tendency of doing things which will be harmful to his interests. A child who, for want of discipline, does not obey his parents or superiors, contracts vice, which when he grows up will have a firm hold upon him and spoil his whole career, making him unfit to associate with men. A disciplined child, on the other hand, is no a prey to all theses evils and becomes a useful man of character.