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Comment certains parents punissent leurs enfants!!!!!
Parents Hand Out
Unusual Punishments
What happens when you do something wrong at
school? Maybe your teacher hands out a punishment.
You might even be sent to the principal’s office or
given detention. When you get home, will your parents
hand out another punishment for doing wrong?
After one 8-year-old Florida boy acted up in class, his mother decided she needed to
teach him a lesson. She made him stand on the sidewalk (trottoir) for three hours with a sign
that read, “I was rude to my teacher. I can't come to school. I am sorry.” The other side
of the sign read, “I will make good choices.”
The boy’s mother said she did not want to embarrass
her son. She jut wanted to send him a clear message
that acting up was not acceptable. “It was a way of
getting him back on track,” the mother said. “I want
him to be successful in life.”
In Oklahoma, another mother was tired of her
daughter’s low grades in school. She made her
daughter stand aside a busy street wearing a sign that said she would try harder to get
good grades. The girl said she was embarrassed by the punishment, but it helped her
see that she could do better in school.
In California, a 12-year-old girl was suspended from school for bullying. She had to
stand outside local schools with signs that read, “I engaged in bullying behavior. I got
suspended from school…Don't be like me. Stop bullying.”
Some people agree with the way those parents punished their children. They say the
kids probably will think more about their behavior in the future. Others say that the
punishments were too embarrassing for kids.
MORE FACTS ABOUT UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS
One assistant principal said parents know their children better than teachers. Often
parents can pick the punishment they think will work best, she said.
THINK ABOUT THE NEWS
What do you think about these punishments? Were they fair?
Or was there a better way for parents to get across their messages?
NEWS WORD BOX
punishment message
detention behavior
embarrass acceptable
Unusual Punishments
What happens when you do something wrong at
school? Maybe your teacher hands out a punishment.
You might even be sent to the principal’s office or
given detention. When you get home, will your parents
hand out another punishment for doing wrong?
After one 8-year-old Florida boy acted up in class, his mother decided she needed to
teach him a lesson. She made him stand on the sidewalk (trottoir) for three hours with a sign
that read, “I was rude to my teacher. I can't come to school. I am sorry.” The other side
of the sign read, “I will make good choices.”
The boy’s mother said she did not want to embarrass
her son. She jut wanted to send him a clear message
that acting up was not acceptable. “It was a way of
getting him back on track,” the mother said. “I want
him to be successful in life.”
In Oklahoma, another mother was tired of her
daughter’s low grades in school. She made her
daughter stand aside a busy street wearing a sign that said she would try harder to get
good grades. The girl said she was embarrassed by the punishment, but it helped her
see that she could do better in school.
In California, a 12-year-old girl was suspended from school for bullying. She had to
stand outside local schools with signs that read, “I engaged in bullying behavior. I got
suspended from school…Don't be like me. Stop bullying.”
Some people agree with the way those parents punished their children. They say the
kids probably will think more about their behavior in the future. Others say that the
punishments were too embarrassing for kids.
MORE FACTS ABOUT UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS
One assistant principal said parents know their children better than teachers. Often
parents can pick the punishment they think will work best, she said.
THINK ABOUT THE NEWS
What do you think about these punishments? Were they fair?
Or was there a better way for parents to get across their messages?
NEWS WORD BOX
punishment message
detention behavior
embarrass acceptable
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