Dave wrote:

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>"Paul Harris"  wrote in message 
>news:MUhHuT59tE4KFwzz@zen50073.zen.co.uk...
>> In message 
>> , 
>> Chris.5th  writes
>>>
>>>i don't allow them to fail! (ewan is quite correct) but i do let them
>>>make mistakes...
>>
>> It is a good thing to learn from mistakes but it is better to learn from 
>> the mistakes of others.
>> -- 
>
>Nah! Some want to make the same mistakes just to see what it was like.

Yep, like the group of Cubs walking across the field who all touched the
electric fence one after the other to confirm that, yes, it _did_ hurt!


-- 
John Russell
CSL  1st Pinhoe  Exeter  Devon
http://www.pinhoescouts.org.uk/cubs/
Cubs don't care how much you know, but they need to know how much you care.

"John Russell"  wrote in message 
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> Dave wrote:
>
>>
>>"Paul Harris"  wrote in message
>>news:MUhHuT59tE4KFwzz@zen50073.zen.co.uk...
>>> In message
>>> ,
>>> Chris.5th  writes
>>>>
>>>>i don't allow them to fail! (ewan is quite correct) but i do let them
>>>>make mistakes...
>>>
>>> It is a good thing to learn from mistakes but it is better to learn from
>>> the mistakes of others.
>>> -- 
>>
>>Nah! Some want to make the same mistakes just to see what it was like.
>
> Yep, like the group of Cubs walking across the field who all touched the
> electric fence one after the other to confirm that, yes, it _did_ hurt!
>
>

Exactly.

Or when a sign says wet paint and they touch it to see and it is, so their 
mate touches it too just to make sure.

DaveB
West Yorks