Discipline and Punish

Daniel R. Marburger writes in his essay, “Does Mandatory Attendance Improve Student Performance,” that from an economic standpoint, the issue becomes one of time allocation, as the students choose between competing academic and nonacademic uses of their time. With online courses, the added benefit is that material is then accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week. If attendance policies are designed to weed out slackers, one of the biggest assets to online courses is that there can’t be any…

Family Relationships Family of Origin: Mrs. Bonner stated that she was born and raised in Waxahachie, Texas. Her parents were Benita Lacey and Gregory Branch. She stated that her parents separated at a young age. Her mother was later in a relationship with a Mr. Larry Randle. Overall Mrs. Bonner reported a good relationship with all of her parents. She stated that she did receive spankings when she was younger, but did see it was abuse. Mrs. Bonner reported that she left home at the age of 20…

Mary mentioned that she uses negative consequences to discipline her children. Things like taking away their electronics if they brought home bad grades, or disobeyed. A negative consequence, as defined in the textbook is, “used to decrease behaviors that are not desired”(Brooks 2013, pg. 195), Mary did this by taking away something the child desired in order to punish them for what they did wrong. She also mentioned using time-out as another form of punishment…

Edward Said once wrote “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift between a human being and a native place, between the self and it’s true home: its essential sadness cannot be surmounted,” however Said also stated exile can be “a potent, even enriching” experience. The Poisonwood Bible, a novel written by author, Barbara Kingsolver, features a young girl, Leah Price, who experiences exile in both of these manners and is completely changed…

Issues pertaining to bullying and safety in Texas schools are ongoing. A survey from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance showed that 19.1 percent of students in Texas had been bullied on school property, and 13.8 percent of students had been electronically bullied. Texas schools are given the liberty of deciding their own rules and regulations. A zero-tolerance policy is strictly enforced throughout Texas schools. The policy states, “Under zero tolerance policies, harsh punishment applies…

FOR Jennifer White, a senior at North Shore High School in Glen Head, an open campus has meant the freedom to leave school at lunch time, as well as during other free periods, to work on independent research projects. This, Ms. White says, is a privilege she cannot afford to lose. However, if the School District decides, by its targeted deadline of mid-November, to close the high school campus, students no longer will be permitted to leave school during the time when they are not in scheduled…

protection from the public and within the prison systems. Confinement still allows prisoners to serve their sentences and a few people may state that death inside jails is fairness serving itself, it also gives correctional officers another way to discipline and punish prisoners. On top of all these factors, solitary confinement for prisoners through the view of supports explain that it helps in the renewal of prisoners and be a recovery or change of character. Another point added from…

Superheroes have become the role models for many young people around the world. Superheroes are seen as the justice seekers, who will defeat the villains. Villains and anti-heroes on the other hand are seen as the bad guys as their name says so but, usually is because what they do usually goes against society’s moral code. Magneto for example, is someone who is seen as a villains who outright kills anyone who stands in his way, but he does so because he wants his kind to be able to live free of…

The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, the foundation of the Greek economy. Some landowners might own one or even two slaves, just for themselves. It is certain that rural slavery was very common in Athens. Slaves were not just used in agriculture, they were also used in mines and quarries (as mentioned before). In mines and quarries, slave labour was prevalent, with fond large slave populations often leased out by rich private citizens. The strategos Nicias leased a thousand slaves to…

implication on adolescents. It is important for mothers to be involved in their children’s lives to prevent these negative influences. Being without parental roles in the home can affect all youth later in life. As a result of the lack of attention and discipline in the home children react in behaving badly in and outside the home. Some reasons why children are…