three kind of disciplines
In this section Three Kinds of Discipline from his book Freedom and Beyond, John Holt states that besides discipline from parents and teachers, discipline comes from a child's environment as well. The author's purpose is to inform people about kinds of disciplines he states there are according to many years of research based on his experience as a fourteen-year-teacher in grade and high schools. A child may learn from three different kinds of disciplines: Discipline of Nature or of Reality; a child meets this discipline every time he tries to do something, Discipline of Culture; children imitate what others do, either is good or bad, and Discipline of Superior Force; parents should use force with their children only to avoid danger. I do agree with the author’s thesis because as a child I went through a lot being disciplined. My grandparents use The Discipline of Superior Force, but at the same time I learned from the other two disciplines by failing and achieving things and imitating people around me The first and the one the author considers the most important is the discipline of Nature or of Reality when a child is trying something he can or cannot accomplish, he doesn't get the result he wants. A child meets this kind of discipline every time he tries to do something that is why according to Holt, it is very important in school to give children the opportunity to do more things instead of reading or listening to teachers talk. The learner does not have to wait for his answer; it usually comes fast and clear, and from what happen the child can not only see that what he did was wrong, but also why and what needs to be changed. The Discipline of Culture, of Society of What People Really Do. Children watch what people around them are doing and want to imitate them. For example, children do not usually misbehave in church because they learned from the adult’s behavior at church. Children who live among adults who are courteous, kind, aggressive or talk nice