Thursday, April 17, 2008
School's [Almost] Out For Sumerrrr! (9)
With summer approaching, I know everyone is getting extremely excited and maybe just a little bit antsy. I cannot believe that another year has flown by so quickly. Basically we have 25 days left (give or take a few). Yet, teachers still seem to find the time and place in that little book filled with last minute lesson plans to pile us up with assignment after assignment! Bringing forth that last bit of effort gets me every time. Hanging in there is the hardest part for me. I sit in my desk class after class, day after day, waiting until that 2:40 dismissal bell rings, just so I can mark off another countdown day in my agenda. I can already smell summer. Well, with the hot sun and the snowball stands opening up, it’s right at my fingers tips, I can almost grab it! I think it’s just a little more exciting for me, especially since the next year I walk through the front doors of East Ascension High School on that very first day, I will be entering as a SENIOR! The sooner these last few weeks past by, the sooner summertime rolls around and the sooner the class of 2009 can get in and get out. So patiently I remain sitting through every boring lecture, through every boring test, and through every other boring aspect about the classroom sitting, waiting for that last dismissal bell to ring and for the start of sweet summertime!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Corporal Punishment(8)
Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain and suffering intended to change a person’s behavior or to punish them. It is a common way of disciplining children; however its use has declined significantly since the 1950s. Corporal punishment is wrong because it causes physical harm to a child and produces a negative outcome. (“Is Corporal”)
When physical punishment is used, it causes harm and may cause retaliation and rebellion. Not only does it physically affect the child, it also has a major effect on their social well being. The more children are spanked, the more anger they develop as adults, the more likely they are to spank their own children, the more likely they are to approve hitting a spouse, and the more conflict they will experience as adults. Spanking has been associated with higher rates of physical aggression, more substance abuse, and increased risk of crime and violence when used with older children, mostly teenagers. In countries such as Africa, Asia, and South Korea, in their school systems, they discipline their students by using methods such as paddling. Studies show that more than fifty- fiver percent of the students who are paddled continue their unacceptable behavior after the punishment. It has also been stated that corporal punishment trains children to use hostile behaviors without wanting too or not even realizing that they are acting irrationally. (“Is Corporal”)
It is wrong to use corporal punishment on children. Usually when corporal punishment is enforced in a home, the punishments have to maintain their effectiveness. Thus, it has an addictive effect; the more one spanks, the more one feels a need to spank, possibly getting worse until the situation is out of control. In Canada, The Canadian Pediatrics Society policy on corporal punishment states “The Psychosocial Pediatrics Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society has carefully reviewed the available research in the controversial area of disciplinary spanking (7-15)…The research that is available supports the position that spanking and other forms of physical punishment are associated with negative child outcomes. The Canadian Pediatric Society, therefore, recommends that physicians strongly discourage disciplinary spanking and all other forms of physical punishment.” It is believed that it is both impractical to seek acceptable forms of corporal punishment of children. Such actions are unjust. Hitting children is a lesson in bad behavior, and that is never appropriate to hit or beat a child. When disciplined through corporal punishment, it is a clear violation of the most important human right and goes against the moral beliefs of The United States Constitution. ("Is Corporal")
Many people argue that corporal punishment is a form of violence, and any form of violence is defined as abuse. There is a law in the United States against child abuse that keeps children out of harm in their home or any other place where they may reside. If physical punishment would be banned throughout the nation, it would reduce the violence and other criminal issues in the future.
Work Cited
“Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline?” Media Information. 22
June 2002. 6 April 2008http://www.apa.org/releases/spanking.html.
When physical punishment is used, it causes harm and may cause retaliation and rebellion. Not only does it physically affect the child, it also has a major effect on their social well being. The more children are spanked, the more anger they develop as adults, the more likely they are to spank their own children, the more likely they are to approve hitting a spouse, and the more conflict they will experience as adults. Spanking has been associated with higher rates of physical aggression, more substance abuse, and increased risk of crime and violence when used with older children, mostly teenagers. In countries such as Africa, Asia, and South Korea, in their school systems, they discipline their students by using methods such as paddling. Studies show that more than fifty- fiver percent of the students who are paddled continue their unacceptable behavior after the punishment. It has also been stated that corporal punishment trains children to use hostile behaviors without wanting too or not even realizing that they are acting irrationally. (“Is Corporal”)
It is wrong to use corporal punishment on children. Usually when corporal punishment is enforced in a home, the punishments have to maintain their effectiveness. Thus, it has an addictive effect; the more one spanks, the more one feels a need to spank, possibly getting worse until the situation is out of control. In Canada, The Canadian Pediatrics Society policy on corporal punishment states “The Psychosocial Pediatrics Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society has carefully reviewed the available research in the controversial area of disciplinary spanking (7-15)…The research that is available supports the position that spanking and other forms of physical punishment are associated with negative child outcomes. The Canadian Pediatric Society, therefore, recommends that physicians strongly discourage disciplinary spanking and all other forms of physical punishment.” It is believed that it is both impractical to seek acceptable forms of corporal punishment of children. Such actions are unjust. Hitting children is a lesson in bad behavior, and that is never appropriate to hit or beat a child. When disciplined through corporal punishment, it is a clear violation of the most important human right and goes against the moral beliefs of The United States Constitution. ("Is Corporal")
Many people argue that corporal punishment is a form of violence, and any form of violence is defined as abuse. There is a law in the United States against child abuse that keeps children out of harm in their home or any other place where they may reside. If physical punishment would be banned throughout the nation, it would reduce the violence and other criminal issues in the future.
Work Cited
“Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline?” Media Information. 22
June 2002. 6 April 2008http://www.apa.org/releases/spanking.html.
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