Parents Hand Out Unusual Punishments

What happens when you do something wrong at school? Maybe your teacher hands out a punishment. You might even (1) _____ to the principal ’s office or given detention. When you (2) _____ home, will your parents hand out another punishment for doing wrong?

After one 8-year-old Florida boy acted up in class, his mother decided she needed to teach him a lesson. She made him (3) _____ on the sidewalk for three hours with a sign that read, “I was rude to my teacher. I can’t come to school. I am sorry”. The other side of the sign read, “I will make good choices.”

The boy’s mother said she did not want to embarrass her son. She just wanted to send him a clear message that (4) _____up was not acceptable. “It was a way of getting him back on track”, the mother said. “I want him to be (5) _____in life”.

In Oklahoma, another mother was tired of her (6)_____ low grades in school. She made her daughter stand aside a busy street (7) _____ a sign that said she (8) _____ harder to get good grades. The girl said she (9) _____ by the punishment, but it helped her see that she could do better in school.

In California, a 12-year-old girl was suspended from school for bulling. She had (10) _____ outside local schools with signs that read, “I engaged in bulling behaviour. I got suspended from school…. Don’t be like me. Stop (11) ____”.

Some people agree with the way those parents punished their children. They say the kids probably (12) _____ more about their behaviour in the future. Others say that the punishments were too embarrassing for kids.

19. Read the text. Match choices (A-H) to (1-5). There are three choices you do not need to use.