What is the role of punishment in inculcating discipline in children today? Well‚ to begin with‚ it is perhaps a good idea to spend some time pondering the differences in the meaning and implication of each of these terms. Although punishment and discipline are often used interchangeably‚ in reality they are two very different concepts. As Meera Marathe‚ a retired school teacher and now a guest faculty at IIIT‚ Hyderabad‚ puts it‚ “Discipline isn’t related to punishment except in the common social
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Cole Cramer December‚ 2016 ELA 2 Argument Essay Should the military be allowed to recruit at high schools? The military should not be able to recruit in high schools because most teens being recruited will not want to complete their education‚ they will want to go to the military‚ ecause they were told of all of the benefits and not any of the bad things that come out of going to the military. Who would allow your child to go to war and maybe even die there
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Physical Punishment of Children The last two decades have seen a major international shift in the perspectives regarding physical punishment of children. Up until twenty years ago‚ physical punishment was considered a normal and popular disciplinary technique. Over the last several years‚ however‚ an abundance of research has revealed that not only is corporal punishment of children ineffective‚ it also causes many harmful side effects that continue into adulthood. Physical punishment of children
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In the essay‚ “Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse by James Q. Wilson‚” Wilson expresses a view regarding legalizing drugs that it will cause more drug use. He warrants this by using 3 main possible results: 1) Drugs would be cheaper due to the fact that the black market inflates prices for illegal products. 2) Drugs would be much safer to gain possession of because you would no longer be receiving them from sketchy drug dealers‚ legitimate companies would be selling them. He expresses this by
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The Tragic Events of Oedipus By the end of Oedipus’ tragic life‚ he was destroyed. He went from being “on top of the world” to the life of a blinded man with many regrets. Oedipus thinks highly of himself even though he is an arrogant and violent man. Some question whether or not he deserves all the tragedies that are happening to him. Oedipus does deserve all the tragedies that occur in his lifetime because of his certain characteristics and all of the power or control he has. Although he does
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Thanksgiving Essay All families have their ups and downs‚ I would like to say that my family has had more ups than downs but we have defiantly faced many challenges as a family. My family is very small and close and we are a pretty happy family. We have our differences and we get on each other’s nerves now and again but in the end we have shared a lot of very special memories together. My mother is a single mom of three kids and I am the oldest. I have two younger brothers‚ Aaron who is 12 and
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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a very controversial issue‚ that when looked at from the belief of moral and immoral‚ there is no true right or wrong side. However‚ when capital punishment is looked at from the point of view of real subjects and numbers‚ it actually is an inexpensive and fast form of punishment‚ decreases crime‚ and promotes equal treatment. Thus‚ capital punishment benefits America as a whole and should be used on individuals who commit first-degree murder. There are
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Simply put‚ punishment follows the Law of Effect. A consequence is presented after a given behavior is enacted‚ and if done properly‚ leads to a decrease in the unwanted behavior. The effectiveness of punishment however is a bit more complicated in real life situations such as that of the prison system. There are three ways effectiveness of punishment can be increased. Frequency of application‚ immediacy of application‚ how often and how quickly punishment is enacted plays a role on deterrence‚ and
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In my opinion‚ the heavy metal band‚ Metallica is the best band ever. They’ve always made me smile when i was upset and I’ve purely enjoyed there music since i was really little. My dad introduced them to me when i was small and i was hooked from then on. So having them in common with my dad is nice. All in all there isn’t a thing i don’t like about them. Since I was little my favorite song was Fuel from there 1997 album‚ Reload‚ which was a spin off of ther 1996 album‚ Load. My favorite
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Last week‚ I had to write a persuasive essay. We were assigned to write about cheating/ plagiarism. The topic I chose to write about was about how people cheat the government. The essay was given to us a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday. The essay required a minimum of 800 words‚ prewriting‚ outline‚ ad a print copy of the rough draft so that it may be reviewed by another student. Since the essay was assigned a few days before Thanksgiving and was to make up at the next week‚ I though I had
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