In the first part of Discipline and Punishment‚ Michel Foucault argues that‚ over the course of a few short centuries‚ the penal system shifted its target from the criminal’s body to their soul. Foucault locates this shift in the transition from public torture to prisons; from punishment as a public means of expressing force to a private means of correcting and preventing nonconformity. Punitive power has been replaced with disciplinary power‚ and discipline works on the soul rather than the body
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A Fine Line between Child Abuse and Discipline Child abuse is the physical injury of a child inflicted by a parent which ranges from superficial bruises‚ broken bones‚ burns‚ serious internal injuries and in some cases‚ death (Prevent Child Abuse America). Child abuse is a topic that causes rage in many discussions throughout the country because it is outrageous actions against innocent children. Many parents question whether discipline can become child abuse. Bell Hooks is an educated woman‚ feminist
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Torres Mrs. Kimberly Mori ENGL 1301- 5041 12 February 2015 The Reality of Education: John Holt’s “School is Bad for Children” An important goal of education is to allow a student to think freely‚ right? John Holt would claim otherwise in his 1989 essay‚ “School is Bad for Children‚” in which he presents his perspective of school and how it limits the way a student to think. An analysis of “School is Bad for Children” reveals not only that the author’s personal beliefs have an important role in the
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The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce by John Milton led to a great stir in society during his time. Milton used his ideas and made many different Biblical names‚ even Christ‚ sound like they agreed with him. In his prose‚ he took words from the Bible and changed the meaning to make the Bible sound as if it preached the same idea he tried to convey. The prose argues that the main purpose of marriage is not to procreate‚ but to share a deeper‚ meaningful relationship with your significant other
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decided to write about the problem or challenges history is facing as an academic discipline. When viewed from one side one can conclude that history cannot be regarded as an academic discipline‚ this can be said when one start considering the likes of myth‚ legends‚ moonlight stories (alo) among others. Then on the other side one can also conclude that history cannot be separated or studied without being an academic discipline‚ this has to do with a student purposely in school to study the past and also
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This discrepancy can also be seen in other social institutions in which conformity is strongly advocated. This is not surprising because school is really nothing more than a normalized prison in society. In Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punishment‚ he discusses the plague in the seventeenth century that led to a variety of measures taken to adequately deal with the problem running rampage at the time. Some measures taken concerned “a strict spatial partitioning: the closing
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Discipline is a must at home and in school. Discipline is the training of the mind and character; the exercise‚ development and control of the character‚ intended to produce obedience and orderly behavior. The definition above is apt enough for the type of discipline intended for the young people at school. The need for disciplining young people cannot be over-emphasized. A wise saying goes “Spare the rod and spoilt the child”. An undisciplined child becomes a spoil child. The disciplining does
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Child discipline vs. Discipline Child abuse is a very common thing in today’s society‚ although not much is heard about it. The abuse mostly happens in the home where the bruises can be hidden. The emotional and physical scars are hidden behind clothes‚ makeup and lies. There are four different types of abuse suffered every day by children in all types of environments. The four different types are physical‚ sexual‚ emotional and psychological. The abuse leaves scars with
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love their children. All relationships take time to grow and develop. Be willing to give everyone the time and space they need. It will come” (Lefurgey). Children thrive on routine and discipline and children living in stepfamilies are no different. Deciding on who should execute the discipline is often times a struggle however. In many instances‚ adults feel that they should be able to enforce rules to all children living in their homes. They may have the mentality that if children live under
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The Value of Discipline Discipline is the process of training oneself in obedience‚ self control‚ skill‚ etc. The controlled‚ ordered behaviour results from such training. Discipline is the basis of the whole universe. The solar system is governed by certain laws to maintain perfect harmony and beauty. Without this order‚ there would be utter chaos. Discipline is a basic requirement of a civilized society. Citizens of a disciplined nation work with a spirit of cooperation and unity. Aristotle has
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