The other day at a supermarket, I saw a naughty child of about six crying loudly, falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed. A little smack(打)on his bottom would have worked ,I thought.
Teenagers also cause discipline(纪律)problems. As a teacher I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant. In fact, she had left home to stay with him. So we decided to put her in the school hostel .She refused. When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the school hostel, she turned around and said: “Why don’t you stay in the school hostel if you like it so much?”
My hands were going to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her , hoping the gentle persuasion would work wonders. It did not. Later I heard that she had run away from home again.
The list goes on and on. Could it be that today’s parents are so softer and believe that they must not rod(棍棒惩罚)their children for fear of the bad results? Or do they really believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well as they grow older? I beg to disagree. I believe it is the parents’ duty to disc
ipline the children even at a young age.
My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary. Later when they went abroad, they told their university friends how they were disciplined. Their friends were shocked and said that I could be charged with child abuse. However ,my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline.
小题1:According to the passage, the author would probably________.
A．beat the children every day
B．treat the children in a soft way
C．leave the children as they are
D．punish the children when necessary小题2: The underlined word cajole” (in para.3)means_______.
A．persuade
B．scold
C．forgive
D．punish小题3:In the author’s opinion, how should parents make their children grow up well?
A．rod their children
B．punish their children
C．discipline their children
D．discipline and punish their children if necessary小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The naughty boy’s mother hit him
B．The teacher’s daughter lived with her mother
C．The daughter was thankful for her mother’ strict discipline
D．The author was charged with child abuse by the daughter’s friends
