on the subject of less is better

Birgitt Williams birgitt at mindspring.com
Mon Nov 6 01:55:41 PST 2000


Dear friends and colleagues,
here is a little story that was told to us the other evening in a group of
people. It reminds me that although it is a popular opinion on this list
that less is best, it isn't always so--at least when you are new at it.

One woman was telling the story of her daughter who had been for driving
lessons that day. The teacher told the daughter to go through the next light
and then to turn left at the first street after that. The daughter asked the
teacher if he was sure she should go through the light. He said yes. Well,
they got to the light and the light was red. The daughter kept right on
going. It was only due to the teacher slamming on the brakes on his side of
the training car that they avoided a bad accident. The teacher yelled at the
daughter for going through the red light and putting them in danger. The
daughter pointed out that he had told her to go through the light. She was a
new driver and did not know that he really meant for her to stop at the
light first if it was red.

Blessings,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams of Dalar International
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