Unwritten Rules
Some kids were playing soccer - and a new kid comes along. He'd never played before. They said the rules were simple - don't touch the ball with your hands or arms - get it in the goal. The new kid played along - but was not as skilled and went home frustrated. The following day - the new kid came back - with a trick- he knelt down, scooped the ball up with his shirt - into his belly, never touching it with his hands and arms, and ran to the goal with the ball under his shirt and dumped the ball in. Everyone laughed and cheered as he did it, it was really funny to watch. And his goal won the game... or did it? He missed the intent of the game. Technically he followed the rules, the ball never touched his hands. But he did not know about or care about all the unwritten rules . He did not play the game the way the other kids did as he saw them playing. That was too difficult. Technically, the new kid got the goal... but soon after - the laughing stopped - no one was