Definition Essay On Discipline

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Discipline “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments,” Jim Rohn stated. As a society we all have our thoughts on what discipline means. Per dictionary.com discipline means the, “training to act in accordance with rules.” One might think setting times to get things done, or cleaning the house is disciplining oneself. I personally do not see discipline in that way. For me, it is the punishment I receive for doing something wrong. In my mind, I can think of three completely different groups of people that have a different idea on what discipline means. I, parents, and teachers view the application of discipline so differently. As a child, I remember getting in a lot of trouble. I always hated to the consequences my parents put me through. Back when, I was younger it was nothing to receive a spanking or slap on the wrist. Nowadays parents are taking it to another level. I am very big into reading about crime, and it seems like parents go too far disciplining, and they end up killing their child. Disciplining a child should be a spank on the butt, or slap on the wrist. It should not be taken to the extreme. I am not a parent; however I know what my parents went though trying to discipline me. Being the parent, I know my parents did not want me to hate them, but you have to keep some sort of control. According to a website, I found, the top punishment used by parents is time outs at 42 percent. For me though, time outs never worked. I think the more parents try to discipline their child the children want to rebel more. From the same website, I used earlier, parents were asked how they were disciplined as a child. From the results, parents disciplined their children the way they were disciplined as a child. Lastly, the last person, I would want to be when it comes to disciplining is a teacher. There is only so much they are able
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