Why do what teacher says?  Back to table of content  Name: Why
do what teacher says?  Time: 20 minutes  Goal or purpose of
exercise  To convey the basic nonviolent understanding of power
– that power comes from the obedience of others, and that there
are various kinds of sources of power. This exercise can be used
with ‘Who has power in a school?  How it's done/facilitator's
notes  You will need: Flip chart paper and pens. Ask people to
work in pairs. Ask them to make a list of all the reasons why,
when a teacher tells a class to open their books at page 3 and
do exercise 1, the pupils do it. Allow about 5 minutes for this.
Write up a list of what they have come up with, by taking one
suggestion from each pair in turn until everything is written
up. Leave spaces between the items. Use the list to draw out the
generalised sources of power (with discussion), and make the
basic point that the power of some depends on the obedience of
others.  The list is likely to include:    • Fear of punishment
(sanctions)   •