William is sitting at his desk, awaiting the writing lesson for that day: Learning to write in cursive. The teacher, let's call her Mrs. J., begins explaining. She tells the students, "writing in cursive is the best way to write. It keeps everything formal and neat. From now on, every paper you are assigned must be written in cursive". William is confused by this new rule, and when it comes time to write the next class paper, William turns it in, printed, not in cursive. William receives a failing mark on the paper, and continues to submit every paper in print for the rest of the year. Every other student that obeyed by Mrs. J.'s rules passed the class and moved on. William, who peacefully refused to follow the rule failed, but did not affect the rest of the
William is sitting at his desk, awaiting the writing lesson for that day: Learning to write in cursive. The teacher, let's call her Mrs. J., begins explaining. She tells the students, "writing in cursive is the best way to write. It keeps everything formal and neat. From now on, every paper you are assigned must be written in cursive". William is confused by this new rule, and when it comes time to write the next class paper, William turns it in, printed, not in cursive. William receives a failing mark on the paper, and continues to submit every paper in print for the rest of the year. Every other student that obeyed by Mrs. J.'s rules passed the class and moved on. William, who peacefully refused to follow the rule failed, but did not affect the rest of the