This is the plaque mentioned in my story, Madam Martinique's Finishing School. When I had started writing the story, I had the idea of there being three principles upon which the school was founded, but I did put a bit of thought into what those principles would be. Below are some of the thoughts behind them, which may wind up being woven into future chapters ... if I ever manage to pull enough of a story together to make decent chapters.

Discipline
This principle is talked about a bit in the second half of the story mentioned above. One of the things I think is important to realize is discipline is not the same thing punishment. I think the world might be a bit of a better place of more people realized discipline is a valuable skill, not something you do to someone else to stop them from doing something bad.

Respect
In the context of Madam Martinique's Finishing School, it might be assumed this means respect for authority, particularly teachers and other staff members. While this is true, it also goes beyond that. It means having respect for everyone. This includes both the staff and other students. Just as importantly, it also means having respect for oneself.

Honesty
Honesty covers so many things. One of the more obvious things would be not lying, but there's a lot more. It means not doing things like cheating on tests. It means only agreeing to do something if you really intend to do it. It means being honest with yourself and others about what you really want instead of trying to pretend to be what you believe others think you should be.

Of course, there's lots more to these three principles than what I've included in the above paragraphs, but I hope it gives you some interesting things to think about. As Madam Martinique might say (yes, I have some definite ideas of what she would and would not say), "Be the best you that you can be, but don't forget to have fun while you're at it."