The third wave was an experiment developed by Ron Jones, a high school teacher at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California in 1969. The experiment was a demonstration of how democratic states are not usually protected by the influence of fascism which is the belief in absolute control of all people by a single dictator. Ron developed an authoritative dictatorship in the classroom to teach students the German mentality. He established rules such as students should stand up when asking or answering questions in three words, students saluting each other similar to that of the Nazi at school and even outside of school. On the fourth day, Ron ended the experiment when he realized that it was slipping out of his control. The students had become extremely involved in the project with high discipline and loyalty to the project.