What stood out the most to me in this chapter was the one rule approach. It is simple and it makes sense to both the teacher and the students. Teachers shouldn't be listing all kinds of rules and consequences around the room. It should be expected that the children know how to behave. It's one less thing for the teacher to do plus that space can be used for more useful things.
Also, it was interesting to compare the principles approach to the systems approach. To me it seems like common sense to use the principles approach, but I can see how some people feel that concrete rules are needed. But then you end up with so many exceptions and have to create an unreasonable amount of rules that are impossible for all studnets to memorize.
I especially liked the ending quote, "Shift your thinking from 'What do I say?' to 'What do I ask?'" I think it makes a big differene when the student has to do the thinking in a discipline situation instead of just sitting back and pondering ways to argue.
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