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Should children be spanked?

Yes; in order to justify my response, however, I feel that parents should attempt to communicate their frustration (as best they can considering the age of the child) to the child first before going straight to spanking.

Still, there are going to be children who insist on being difficult. Sometimes in certain situations, it is easier to quickly reprimand a child physically in order to teach them the needed lesson most effectively. Children must understand the give and take of the world we live in. (Touching a hot stove will burn you, smacking a dog in the face might get you bitten, crossing the street w/o looking both ways can be fatal.) Sometimes, if an immature or irresponsible child does not have the memory of that previous spanking or doesn't fear an upcoming one, they might commit acts that could be potentially dangerous. It's almost akin to religion and law, in a sense, I feel. If one doesn't believe. If one does not believe in the validity of some form of judge, jury, and punishment, then without an innate code of ethics or common sense, they will go do whatever they dang well please. Which can clearly be dangerous for many people. And we can all agree that children do not come with software included; we basically program them as they grow; therefore, it is important that as we instill our morals and ethics into them that they realize they need to behave in the microcosms of home and school of the world they live in before they grow up and start participating in the world on a grander scale.

In order for a child to grow up and mature into a respectful teenager and young adult, he or she will have to understand that there are consequences for negative behaviors. I feel, that in my experience, the teenagers who I had the most difficulty relating to or dealing with in high school were the ones whose parents did not discipline them properly as a child. There is a golden mean for corrective spanking; moreover, I feel that the line between parenting and abuse is not as thin as the media makes it. I, to this day, respect my mother and fear her spanking me and I'm 20 years old! It clearly depends on the child, but ultimately it depends on the parent and their mental state and levels of stress and parenting situation (single, widowed, married with issues, married, etc)

I always say when I find a teenager who missed out on some crucial life lessons from bad parenting that "it's not my job to teach them that lesson; however, someone in the real world will. They are going to anger the wrong person and then they'll learn." Now the consequences for their actions then, shoot, I bet they wish all they got was a spanking.

Strong Dislike vs. Hate

Strongly disliking someone implies you will still warn them they are about to be hit by a bus as they cross the street; hating someone means, "What bus?"

Michelle Bachmann, basically... ugh

As humans, we are genetically dispositioned to presume stereotypes over large group of similar people in order to defend ourselves. Higher thinking allows us to differentiate within groups; however, call me an idiot because some of these republicans just make statements and do actions that blanket over my ability to critically reason and just ruin my entire perception of the GOP.

I was inspired in class earlier to write this little essay

We have to keep up with the developing world around us.

Communication is too fast and the world is too small.

Without advancing technology, we cannot advance medical technology. Without advancing medical technology, we can't keep up with antigenic drift or shift of viruses and the mutation of bacteria and disease.

We have the unique opportunity as humans to prevent so much pandemonious chaos of mutational advances by establishing a world of quick telecommuicative existence and scientific study.

Technology can benefit and it can harm; however, without embracing it to its full extent, we as humans lose out on our chance to prosper to our full potential and achieve a form of life never before imaginable.

All things in moderation; however, it would be remiss of humanity to attempt to slow down its progress as opposed to acknowledging it and successfully and respectfully managing it with a liberal mind, a conservative eye, and a pure heart.

Never...

apologize and then follow it up with a contrasting conjunction or an exception conjunctive adverb.

"I'm sorry, but..."
"You were right; however, ..."

It will not end well.

Question for the ladies...

Ladies, would you rather have your boyfriend/husband be with a prostitute once a week on his dime and time while using protection OR have him have a platonic lunch with his female secretary every day? Which worries you less?