14. Work and play. At all levels youngsters need some balance, though certainly not fifty-fifty, between academic work and leisure or physical activities. Play in the form games, sports, and personal pursuits not only helps alleviate incipient boredom but can be an education in itself. Some of the avocations pursued by young people may become vocations or lifelong interests. 15. The school and the community as educational forces. Teachers sometimes forget that there is much to be learned outside the walls of the classroom. In fact, in many im- portant areas of life more is learned of both a positive and negative nature outside of school than in school. Curriculum planners should build ways of using the com- munity as an educational laboratory. If the world can be one's oyster, the commu- nity can be one's pearl. 16. Between disciplines. Disciplines, especially elective ones in the secondary school, vie with each other for student enrollment. Occasionally, a school becomes known for an exceptionally strong department in some discipline. Although excellence is to be encouraged, this situation may imply less than excellence in other disciplines. Cur- riculum planners should seek to foster excellence in all fields. 17. Between programs. The college preparatory program of the secondary school often dwarfs other curricula. Curriculum planners must ensure that the general, career- technical, business, and other curricula have their place in the sun as well the col- lege preparatory top three of curriculum.