Need of Discipline
Discipline means training the mind and character. It is a training to live in accordance with rules. It is a physical, mental and moral training. It requires voluntary obedience to fixed codes of behaviour. Discipline puts some checks on our freedom. If everybody did what he wanted, there would be complete disorder in the world, There would be the law of the jungle. Withour discipline, no civilized life is possible. No work of progress is possible in the absence of discipline. Discipline is necessary in all walks of life. Any house without discipline will surely go to the dogs. A teacher can't teach if his students don’t keep discipline in the class. The head of a family won't be able to run his family if its members don’: maintain discipline. The members of an assembly must observe discipline, if they are to do any good job. No office can function without discipline. Even in a playground, the players have to obey the rules of the game. They have to play under discipline. In fact, discipline is necessary in every field of our society. Otherwise, there is bound to be confusion, disorder and chaos. Discipline does not cut down individual freedom. In fact, it is the foundation of all freedom. It makes man truly free. It brings order in the society. Freedom loses all its charm and value in the absence of discipline. It is discipline which enables a nation to march on the way to progress. However, it must be kept in mind that discipline can’t be enforced by law alone. Ic is a training of the mind. It has to come from within.