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    Families dealing with a member suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be mentally affected. Some families have trouble with depression and addiction‚ others with psychological problems like guilt‚ anger‚ and sympathy. Not every case is the same due to the severeness of that person’s PTSD and what symptoms they are showing. According to the The National Institute of Mental Health‚ PTSD is “a disorder that develops in some people who have seen or lived through a shocking‚ scary

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    Physical Punishment (including smacking) should be permitted because it is an effective form of correction of children. Do you agree? On the other hand‚ there are arguments suggesting that corporal punishment such as smacking cause adverse and detrimental physical and mental harm to children. A study done by Smith Et Al (2004) reported a number of negative developmental consequences for children who had experienced corporal punishment. These include anti – social behavior; poor academic achievement;

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    Hurricanes have made a huge impact on the world. They have impacted our environments and society. We have discovered what hurricanes do and how they occur‚ and what they are. There are 5 different categories of hurricane 5 being the worst and 1 being the least strongest. People have reacted differently to different hurricanes. One recent hurricane known as Hurricane harvey was a very deadly and one of the most destructive hurricanes in history. It ruined lives‚ homes‚ and buildings.

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    Corporal Punishment of Children Antonio Johnson Nov 2‚ 2011 Instructor: Ms. Dorene Lake Essay- 2 Corporal Punishment is one of the world’s most argumentative topics especially‚ when it comes to children. Most people have their own views on the situation‚ I strongly agree to corporal punishment. People say it can physical‚ emotionally‚ and medically harm a kid. But there are many alternatives than just the physical abuse‚ there’s timeout‚ using a stern voice and different work out regiments

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    Corporal Punishment in Schools Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence‚ or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer‚ or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable (Miller‚ Vandome‚ & McBrewster‚ 2009). Corporal punishment can be divided into three categories‚ these include: judicial‚ domestic and school. For the purpose of this essay we will be focusing on school corporal punishment‚ the advantages and guidelines to follow

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    Food as Rewards and Punishments Parents‚ as well as pet owners‚ teachers‚ and business owners have discovered the advantages of using food as rewards and punishments. This idea has become so accustomed in our society that even places like Krispy Kreme Doughnuts give a free doughnut for every A received on a report card. It is not uncommon to see teachers who give candy when students behave well. Nourishment can be just as effective as a new toy or spanking. Food as rewards has become very common

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    Fiza Naseer Elm Advanced Placement Literature and Composition 23 October 2012 Burden or Confession Henry James meant well when he regarded the confidant to be “the reader’s friend as the protagonist.” In the novel Crime and Punishment‚ the main character Raskolnikov‚ is faced with self-faulted situations which progress him towards a confession to his confidante‚ Razumikhin. Fyodor Dostoyevsky not only chose Razumikhin for reasons pertaining to Raskolnikov‚ but to add a character that glimpses

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    presentation‚ I would like to ask you a few questions. You need not answer me‚ you just think about them in your mind. First‚ have you made any mistakes or broken the school regulation before? Have you been punished by teachers or parents? If yes‚ do you think they gave suitable and proper punishment to you? Can you guess what topic I am to present? Ok‚ today I would like to talk about the crime and punishment in Hong Kong. Whenever you read newspaper or watch the news on TV‚ you can notice that

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    Corporal punishment in schools?? Advocates of school corporal punishment argue that it provides an immediate response to indiscipline and that the student is quickly back in the classroom learning‚ rather than being suspended from school. Opponents believe that other disciplinary methods are equally or more effective. Some regard it as tantamount to violence or abuse. In the United States and the United Kingdom‚ and generally in the English-speaking world‚ the use by schools of corporal punishment

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    Use of corporal punishment as child discipline is both unethical and ineffective. “When I was about 20 years old‚ I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child‚ she didn’t believe in striking children‚ although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day when her son was four or five‚ he did something that she felt warranted a spanking – the first of his life. And she told him that he would have to go outside

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