Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Should Parents Be Allowed to Hit their Children?

Did you ever go out somewhere and saw a child picked a to and cried because there parents wouldn’t by it? Should parents be allowed to hit their children? I feel that parents should be allowed to hit their children, they should be able to hit their children to an extent, and there’s a difference between abuse and beating.

I feel that children should be allowed to hit their children. They should be allowed to hit their children because sometimes it teaches them right from wrong. For example, if you saw a child in the toy store and they saw this toy that they just had to have and the made a big scene in the store because they couldn’t have it then that child would deserve to get a beating because s/he is embarrassing their parents.


Parents should be able to hit their children to an extent. They should be able to hit them to an extent because the way you hit them could be considered abuse. I think that children shouldn’t be hit with any objects that are not a belt. I also think that children shouldn’t be slapped around.

I think that there’s a big difference between abuse and a beating. In the book Huckleberry Finn, his father abuses him. He abuses him by locking him up into a cabin for three days without food or water. His fathered had also torched him. This would be considered abuse. I think that a beating is when someone gets beat with a belt on his or her butt or legs. I feel that if someone is being beat with a belt anywhere else is considered to me abuse.

In conclusion I feel that children should be beat depending on what the situation is.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Should Huckleberry Finn Be Taught in Schools

Have you ever tried to read a book that you just can't seem to get into? Does that book bore you to death? Well I can re;ate to this. The most boring book that I've tried to read is Huckleberry Finn. I feel that this book should not be taught in schools because its racist, it doesn't use good grammar, and this book is also banned in Philadelphia.
I feel that this book is racist. This book is racist because it uses the word nigger numerous times in the book. I also think this book is racist because it has slavery in it.
This book doesn't use good grammar. First, when you open the book, on page one it starts off saying “ you don’t know about me without you have read a book….” This book does not use complete sentences. Huckleberry Finn also uses southern slang.
Huckleberry Finn is banned in Philadelphia. I think this book was banned because it might be to mature for schools. This is a college base book. This book doesn’t set a good example for children to follow. This book has violence, when Huck kills the pig. Smoking and drinking is also used in this book.
In conclusion, I feel that Huckleberry Finn should not be taught in schools.