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To: Edwarda who wrote (77195)	4/9/2000 3:11:00 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 108807

Actually the reason that this circumstance exists is central to the issue. The issue we were discussing was related to a huge justice system and growing penal system in the face of a population that appears to qualify for higher and higher levels of incarceration. We have policy and definition for the rules in our society that covers human behavior like a blanket. So in the face of this why is our society so disruptive and disorderly? You are a good example of someone who doesn't have buy-in for what the establishment has lined out for us. People will generally not support a system that they do not believe in except when the threat of punishment is so real that it seems unavoidable and the punishment presents a more discomfort that they can tolerate. I'll give you a simpler example than the classroom. Parenting: We have all seen the situation where a parent tells their child to "stop it" and the child persists in the wrong behavior. The parent yells, "I told you to STOP IT." The child persists the parent threatens a punishment, the child persists. The parent yells, "I REALLY MEAN IT YOU ARE GOING TO GET PUNISHED." The child's behavior persists. The parent drags the kid to time out, kicking and screaming. the parent later apologises to the kid for losing his or her temper and lets the kid out of time out. We can observe other parents who are able to have children stop a bad behavior by useing a non-yelling yet stern tone in their voice when they want the child to stop; or even by simply giving the poor kid the "big eye" look. Surely all adults have witnessed or participated in this experience in their life time. So, the question is what causes buy-in to a system that defines right behavior and wrong behavior. It obviously isn't the threat of incarceration alone.