In the time it would have taken him to go get a teacher, could that kids throat have been slit? She said yes, but thats beside the point. That we dont condone heroics in this school. That statement perfectly demonstrates the danger of bureaucracies.
Strict adherence to the "rules" becomes more important than the people the "rules" are supposed to protect.
That statement perfectly demonstrates the danger of bureaucracies.
***Fascinating. A couple of years ago someone was telling me that the Chinese fell behind the West in terms of gunpowder, shipbuilding & navigation, the printing press, and science because the Chinese invented Bureaucracy. Now they are overtaking us because we are stuck on bureacracy. The enemy in either case is bureaucracy.