Did you know in some schools in some countries, the school staff uses physical punishment, if students misbehaves or does bad academically? I was born and raised in Pakistan. Ever since I can remember growing up, I have received physical punishment in Pakistani school system. I never thought anything of it, I felt like it was normal. I was in Pakistani school system for 12 years of my life. However, in 2004, I moved to the United States. When I started to go to school here, I had no idea; they did not use physical punishment in the state of Massachusetts. I was very surprised. I thought to myself, “No matter what I do, I will never get beat up. I can do whatever I want.” Later, I found out I was wrong, Massachusetts educational system
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I have not realized, in Massachusetts, you get graded on your schoolwork throughout the school year, unlike, Pakistan, where there is only one exit exam to get promoted to the next grade. At the end of that school year as I found out how being constantly late and not completing any of the schoolwork affected my chances of getting promoted to the next grade. As I found out that there won’t be any exit exam, I became really upset. I knew I have failed the class. However, as next semester started, I recalled failing the previous semester due to being late, misbehaving and not completing any schoolwork. I realize this time around, I was once again conditioned. However, this time it was not physical. It was the fear of failing the class. This semester recalling how the previous semester went, I started to come to school on time, behaved very well and also completed the schoolwork. This semester I passed the class with good grades. I noticed how I was disciplined, without getting a physical punishment and there were other ways to discipline without physical
I have not realized, in Massachusetts, you get graded on your schoolwork throughout the school year, unlike, Pakistan, where there is only one exit exam to get promoted to the next grade. At the end of that school year as I found out how being constantly late and not completing any of the schoolwork affected my chances of getting promoted to the next grade. As I found out that there won’t be any exit exam, I became really upset. I knew I have failed the class. However, as next semester started, I recalled failing the previous semester due to being late, misbehaving and not completing any schoolwork. I realize this time around, I was once again conditioned. However, this time it was not physical. It was the fear of failing the class. This semester recalling how the previous semester went, I started to come to school on time, behaved very well and also completed the schoolwork. This semester I passed the class with good grades. I noticed how I was disciplined, without getting a physical punishment and there were other ways to discipline without physical