Children discipline,school discipline and scissors, stone and cloth game
Benghui came home and told me he had been disciplined by his headmistress for creating a disturbance in class. I asked him why he was beaten. He said he wasn’t noisy. He was just playing a game called scissors, stone and cloth. Malaysians are familiar with this game.
In this game, a stone loses to cloth because cloth can wrap the stone, the scissors wins over the cloth because a pair of scissors can cut the cloth and the stone wins over the scissors because it can spoil the scissors.
After listening carefully to him, Mrs BB and I gave him a long lecture for misbehaving in school. He deserves to be punished and we give full support to the school. He should not have played in the classroom irrespective of whether he was making noise or not. We then sent him to bed early and removed computer privileges for a week so that he will learn to respect the authority of the school.
I am of the opinion it is wise to be harsh now rather than wait for him to a trouble maker later in school. What do you think? Anyway there are no right or wrong answers. It is just a matter of differing approaches.
You did the right thing. There is a time for study and a time for play. This will be congruent with the headmistress’s actions as well.
well, i hope i did the right thing
Good call.
When my dad learned that I was a naughty boy, he bought 10 different type of ‘rotan’ which he later gave to the teacher.
Attached was a small note, written, “Use it generously”
i will follow yr father’s example but not give rotan to the school.. they have more than enuf oledi
he has allready been punished by the school so why punish him again?
he needs to know i support the school administration n not side with him so he will behave himself
no no no no no..the school is so evil! poor benghui
I agree with your discipline ideals, but no PC for a week seems rather harsh. I suggest you lift the sanctions after a few days if he proves good behavior. I know what it’s like sometimes getting over punished for being a kid…
To help you see from your kid’s point of view, here’s a story from my past.
that’s a responsible parent.
regarding the discipline, whatever the punishment, you really need to explain that playing that game is not bad but doing it inside the classroom is wrong. maybe that punishment is good enough.
we also use that game here in the Philippines.
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i didnt realize the game is internatinal. i did explain abt the situation to Benghui
I guess he thought he did nothing wrong. For me, a lecture is good enough liao.
i cannot undo a punishment i meted out. he is taking it well . his birthday cake is keeping him excited
gila la the HM..
small boy only la~~
don punish just because of small matter..
thats called childhood life…
poor benghui
big hug to benghui!
He needs to learn discipline
Boys are generally v playful, and I think the school was rather harsh to have beaten him over this. But as a parent myself, I understand what you mean that discipline is necessary, though not easy. I also use removal of privileges as the consequences.