谢振礼写雅思作文【20】Discipline

IELTS Sample Essay: Discipline
by Mr. Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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IELTS Topic
Writing task 2

Many people use punishment to teach the difference between right and wrong to kids. Many think punishment is necessary to help children learn the distinction between right and wrong. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Related IELTS Topic

Firm discipline is necessary part of teaching children. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Example writing:

Parents are longer absolute commanders-in-chief in the modern family. Children are. In many families, punishment is missing as a necessary part of teaching children to learn right from wrong. This can be seen in the way parents obey their children. Many fathers and mothers leave their offsprings free to learn lessons of lives on their own. It seems to be the way things are.

It doesn't have to be that way. It used to be that a child is made to feel that the natural order of things is to be in obedience. Strict discipline is actually a symbol of caring to a child. Punishment always works. There is no such thing as being too tough with a child. Giving advice and putting a child on the right path may therefore need the traditional method of punishments and rewards. The logic is clear enough. For a good behavior, a child receives a reward or praise. On the contrary, for a bad or unwanted behavior, the child receives a punishment or scolding instead. Kissing or scolding, it is love just the same. It is like saying "I love you, but I don't love your behavior."

Failing that logic, many fathers and mothers have become convinced that educators at schools must know what is best for their childrfen. They forget they themselves can be really experts. Actually they have decisive influence on their children's berhaviors by showing good examples. All kids follow examples. They see and hear and imitate. They even learn smile from their parents. To make sense of teaching right from wrong, it behooves a parent to be blameless if a child is expected to be blameless.

For all the logic, it is easier said than done. Here the conventional wisdom applies: spare the rod and spoil the child." In fact, spoiling comes near ruining each other, parents and children alike. Strict discipline, of course, can make a difference. Otherwise, such ironic complaint is likely to be heard: "My first part of life is ruined by my parents. and my second half, by my children."

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