Thank you, Everyone for Your thoughts. i hadn't thought about "funishment" before, but i can see that now.

My master is very communicative with me, and always encourages and answers my never-ending battery of questions. He even accepted respectful, but extremely honest criticism with a grace i did not anticipate. He will often explain a task or punishment before hand, although sometimes He will ask me to act and experience before explaining. He is a very talented teacher, and i am lucky to have Him.