[lit-ideas] Re: English Pubic Schools
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:59:54 -0500
Would you hit your dog or cat to teach it something? Maybe all you'd
teach it is to be afraid of you? It's unfortunate that the only way we can
teach children not to have tantrums is to hit them. Doesn't sound real
rational, but a whole bunch of people love it. I'll teach you to hit.
Whack. Whatever.
> [Original Message]
> From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/16/2006 5:51:49 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: English Pubic Schools
>
> On 2/17/06, Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Of course beating anybody is dumb and counterproductive, you will only
> > breed hatred, but 'zero tolerance' is a stupid notion and chronically
> > misapplied to things that need discretion. We're talking about
discipline,
> > not beatings.
> >
>
> Equating "discretion" with the judgment I mentioned in my last message
> I couldn't agree more. I will only add that appeals to "slippery
> slopes" and "100% rationality" strike me as juvenile. Fear of slippery
> slopes leads to paralysis that can, in fact, be deadly when actual
> slippery slopes have to be traversed. And only fools expect 100%
> rationality; the question is keeping anger and rage within reasonable
> limits--an art no child will ever learn if tantrums are not dealt with
> firmly. A child is, moreover, far more likely to be abused by a parent
> who has never learned this art themselves and coddles until blind rage
> overwhelms his or her inhibitions.
>
> --
> John McCreery
> The Word Works, Ltd.
> 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
> Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN
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