3532. The very slightness of the nod of the master, hardly
the slightest raising of an eyebrow is sufficient to release the dog from his
agony, and you can be sure the slightness of the command is a thing of great
satisfaction to the master.
3533. The slightness of the command is of satisfaction to
the master because it signified that the dog’s attention, indeed his entire
being is focused and concentrated on the eyebrow or the master’s little finger.
3534. A very few of the children we unwilling to afford our
teacher this gratification, and we found little ways to assert our
independence. Our methods were very limited but basically consisted of sitting
at our desks with our hands folded and our elbows also on the desk. To be
specific, our forearms from the elbow to the clasped palms were in contact with
the surface of the desk, as we waited to be dismissed.
3535. “What possible sign of rebellion could this way of
sitting at one’s desk possible signify,” you ask. If you were able to see a
film clip of our classroom and all the little children waiting at their desks
for dismissal you would understand out rebellion in an instant.
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