tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post5508208750610393289..comments2024-03-28T09:55:17.893-07:00Comments on Laws of Gravity: Publicly PunishedLiz A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-81476727005051131172013-05-29T04:06:31.502-07:002013-05-29T04:06:31.502-07:00I’m not sure it was really a teaching moment. Sma...I’m not sure it was really a teaching moment. Smacks of negative attention to me. Was she really that embarrassed and ashamed. I think not! lyndagracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530605081989558341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-40454062200516766182013-05-28T19:50:03.518-07:002013-05-28T19:50:03.518-07:00Hate it.Hate it.Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-26610507321832922512013-05-28T19:01:32.773-07:002013-05-28T19:01:32.773-07:00I think it was a good idea. A middle schooler is k...I think it was a good idea. A middle schooler is kind of young for serious, police-involved punishment, but the embarrassment might actually teach her a lesson.J E Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372746219262163566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-81651394220730474282013-05-28T18:07:35.675-07:002013-05-28T18:07:35.675-07:00It may be an effective punishment, but I have to a...It may be an effective punishment, but I have to agree with Carol about the public humiliation. The social pressures of middle school are tough enough. This is a little too much Hawthorne's <i>Scarlet Letter</i> for me. <br /><br />I do believe in teaching young people to accept responsibility for their actions, but I doubt this is the way to do it. Of course it's possible there have been dozens of other incidents, the father was out of ideas, and this was his last ditch effort.<br /><br /><a href="http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">VR Barkowski</a>VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-55565550797299153842013-05-28T16:05:04.655-07:002013-05-28T16:05:04.655-07:00I like it. She did something wrong - stealing - go...I like it. She did something wrong - stealing - got caught, and now has to publicly admit her crime, thereby doing penance. If she got suspended and no one knew, then the punishment wouldn't really have helped her or the person she stole from. mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-59331393585382760002013-05-28T13:29:07.977-07:002013-05-28T13:29:07.977-07:00True.True.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-62556647198526927362013-05-28T10:03:16.088-07:002013-05-28T10:03:16.088-07:00Clever, but I don't really like. Middle school...Clever, but I don't really like. Middle school can be embarrassing enough, especially when you're punished, without your own parents holding you up to public humiliation. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915400068613145577noreply@blogger.com