This is the Place...

...to learn about discipline! We went to the This is the Place with friends from our neighborhood on Wednesday. One of our favorite buildings was the schoolhouse. Jake and Cam both got to help with the demonstration.

We learned that there were 3 kinds of naughty in the Old Days:

1. For a minor mistake, you could stand on a stump in front of the class with your nose to the wall and your arms out behind you holding two heavy books.
2. For a foolish mistake, you could wear the Dunce hat in front of the class. See how sad Jake is?

3. For a major mistake, you got to lean over a stool and be paddled by the teacher in front of everyone! It may look like he's laughing, but Cam is crying, really.

There were so many fun things to do there and we only did about half of them in the 3+ hours we were there. We rode ponies, made beaded bracelets, beat rugs, used a wash board to do laundry, visited an Ironsmith, potted for gold (I called it 'panning' and was corrected), and rode the train. The boys liked it enough that we may go back again this Summer. If you want to go, go on a Wednesday - it's only $2 a person through the summer and it included everything I listed.