In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of this magazine, tells us clearly: “The intercommunication is always from God to His idea, man” (p. 284). This means that God speaks to each one of us, individually directing and guiding us in the right way. There was a time when I taught an evening college graduate course to prospective secondary education teachers on behavior in the classroom. This is one of the tougher challenges new teachers face. I had to rely completely on the truth of Eddy’s statement in order to heal what appeared a very divisive classroom situation.
After a long day of work for some of the students, our class met in the evening for four-and-a-half hours. There seemed some very difficult dynamics in the class. The students were tired, and enthusiasm lagged. They appeared not to have much in common with each other or with me. A group of students formed a clique, separated themselves from the rest of the class, and talked together, ignoring much of our class discussion. Another group of diversely constituted students united on a major project, but appeared unable to get along with each other. Lack of trust and disrespect seemed continually at issue in the classroom.
