What happens if you talk back to an adult?

*Each paragraph represents a separate student response.

It doesn’t usually happen that we talk back to an adult.  But, if this happens, we get a punishment.  Well, it depends upon what you talk back.  If it is about a small thing, we just have a long talk to them about it.  If it is a big thing like going to town without asking or breaking into some things or disobeying elders, we get told what was done wrong and not to it again and we are required to stand up in front of everyone in church for the entire length of the service.  I, for one, have never had to do this.

What happens if you get caught with drugs?

Well, we do not do drugs.  I guess we would get heck big time or stand in front of the entire colony at church time for embarrassment.  Then from there on you get watched everywhere you go.  If one considers liqueur a drug some of the colony members might have a social drink.  The colony buys some brandy or beer at Christmas time for being good and helping out with colony work.  Sometimes when the colony butchers chickens or other animals like beef or pork, then at suppertime the men and ladies get a beer.  The kids get a can of pop, but no other drugs are used on the colony.  That is all that I can tell you about this.

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