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Examines the importance of story telling in the field of training. Presents qualities of a story which make it work. Suggests that as long as the story is about something with which the audience can identify, then it can be used effectively to enliven the proceedings, and, more importantly, to emphasize a point.

Defines “flexible training”, suggesting that such a process must include management, monitoring, administration, assessment, learning materials, and human support. Stresses that human support is vital if such training is to succeed, and suggests that mentoring fulfils this function. Describes the mentor′s role and outlines the benefits to be derived by promoting such activities.

It must be difficult for many to contemplate the numerous changes in progress and projected without wondering why it all has to happen now. Of course, there have always been with us those who would change everything, even those who would spoil; all seemingly unable to leave anything alone; unwillingly to let us be for what we are. Then there are those who dislike change of any kind in their familiar environment and strangely, children are the most conservative of us all, and others who do not object to change when it is necessary, but only when it is change merely for the sake of change. The changeover to the metric system, or to use one of the grating terms of the new technological language, metrication, must be accepted as a natural sequence to decimal currency and advances in industry. A revolution in weights and measures, it will indeed present very great problems throughout the country and at all levels, which will dwarf those presented by the switch to decimal coinage, for at worst, these may be just confusing to the general public and a price‐raiser in small‐value commodities, despite assurances to the contrary.