Note: All characters appearing in this cheesy story are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
On a calm day in Fakeplace, North Dakota, the phone rang in Jill Someperson's home. Waiting on the other end of the phone was the principal of her son's elementary school and the manifestation of the cumulative effects of poor parenting practices. Jill's son, Jim, had been caught fighting with another student. After a verbal exchange, Jim had punched the other boy. Distraught, Jill called her husband, Jack, and together they went to meet with the principal about Jim's behavior problems. They wondered where they had gone wrong in their parenting. After all, Jim was only in first grade. Why had he suddenly become so violent?
After this incident had been repeated on several occasions, the Somepersons decided to take Jim to see a child psychologist. The child psychologist asked if Jim had always had violent tendencies. Jill said that he had not. In fact, prior to his formal schooling, Jim had always been content to sit quietly in his bedroom and watch TV. When asked what kind of shows Jim liked to watch, Jack replied that they were not entirely sure, although they knew that he liked to watch cartoons that were popular among his peers. The psychologist then suggested that the Somepersons pay more attention to what Jim watches on TV because he may be learning his social behaviors from the television.
Jack and Jill were able to correct their parenting errors and they all lived happily ever after. The end. :)
Good work on this. I really thought the disclosure at the beginning! I'm interested to read your paper, because I inherently disagree with this argument, but I'm willing to be proved wrong!
ReplyDeleteI love the word choice, "distraught," "verbal exchange," and "cumulative." These words help give you credibility. I also like the "the end. :)"
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