Some people see corporal punishment as abusing, they wonder how anyone could do that to a child. They have better methods of dealing with their children when they misbehave. You can take away toys, game consoles, cell phone, their favorite activity, outside time, the list can go on as every child is different. Some think children that are spanked as a kid grows up to be violence adult. It has been said that all the violence in the world would slow down if we showed our children love and attention.
In an example from his childhood, Gatto remembers talking with his grandfather and he “complained to him of boredom, and he batted me hard on the head. He told me that I was never to use that term in his presence again, that if I was bored it was my fault and no one else’s. The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn’t know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible”. Through this lesson Gatto shared the same message his grandfather gave him, trying to show that boredom was your own fault. Another tool Gatto uses to prove
It is their job to make sure they’re kid is under good influence. Twain satirizes that and blames it as a reason of corrupt children. It is the same way as a lawyer has a job to be against the lying of others in court, but they themselves lie. 3. Bad Habits of Huck “ I had stopped cussing because the widow didn’t like it, but now I took it up again because Pap had no objections” (24).
Brian’s parents expect so much from him, they expect him to get all A’s and that puts a lot of pressure on him. When he was younger, his parents must have praised him when he got A’s but didn’t do anything when he got B’s. Brian’s parents gave Brian the idea that he can only get A’s and if he doesn’t then he isn’t good enough. Claire’s parents fought a lot and used her to get back at each other. One parent would tell her one thing, and then the other one would tell her to do the complete opposite; she never knew what to do.
Greg, on the other hand, was having serious academic problems at school and consequently couldn’t do what he most wanted: play in the basketball team. Actions are preceded by a series of events. Greg’s bad grades precluded him from playing with the basketball team and Mike’s moustache caused his grandmother to confuse him with his grandfather. The conditions of Mike from “The Moustache” and Greg from “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” influence them when they faced the main problem. So, the next time you take a decision, be sure it’s
A large portion of Holden’s depression comes from failing multiple times. He has flunked almost every class he has taken except English. When he fails, his classes, he does not care about it and goes on with his life. Holden is kicked out of Pence Prep because of his low grades and his inability to take school seriously. This quote shows that he does not care about his future in education.
He did not learn social skills and did not developed attachments. His behavior during his first 12 years varied. His teachers viewed him as unruly and difficult. His peers scorned him and teased him about his unkempt appearance and smell. At home, he lived in fear of his mother and resented his father for not helping him.
In Rudy’s case in was not his fear of failure that drove him, but his constant failings and people telling him he couldn’t do it because he was too small, not smart enough or had no athletic skill. In high school his teacher calls him a “dreamer not a doer.” When he tries to take a tour of his dream school, Notre Dame the same teacher says to him, “The secret to happiness in this life is to be grateful for the gifts the good lord had bestowed on us, Rudy not everyone is meant to go to college.” After Pete’s death Rudy then decided he could no longer wait to follow his dream. The more Rudy failed at something the harder he worked. While attending Holy Cross he was denied entry into Notre Dame three times. With each failure he would pick himself back up and work even harder.
This quote caught my attention because as a child who grew up with an absent father, I felt this essay really got to the heart of the problem that many children faces now a day. I was lucky in knowing my father's decision not to have anything to do with me growing up was because he resented paying support. I wish I could believe parents left for altruistic reasons, but I think those are just excuses. If they really feared screwing up their kids they could take classes, they could learn to be parents, take anger management classes. Simply, they cannot be arsed to bother.
Those were questions I asked myself in disgust. This was a boy who grew up poor, had little or no guidance for any adult figures in his life and had basically raised himself to this point. He was bouncing around from school to school and just seemed to be getting lost in the system, which was setting him up for failure. I truly believe that the lack of education Meechy had in the past was having a profound affect on how he acted. I later figured out it was because he felt as if no one cared about what happened to him, that he figured he was not worth being paid attention to.