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The Importance Of Absolutism In School

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When we first started school for the first time we were first told all about the rules in the classroom and in general, school rules. Keep your hands to yourself, walk in a straight line, raise your hand if you have something to say, ask for permission to go to the restroom, and the list goes on. Each of these rules were meant for us little kids to follow, but if we did not follow these rules there was a punishment. As kids, it would be no getting benched during recesses. As we grow older we are expected to follow more rules and if these rules aren’t followed more serious punishments are given to us. For example, if a teenage girl has a curfew as 10 pm but arrives to your house an hour late a punishment will be given to her, maybe getting grounded for a week or so. Even if the girl was only lets sat 10 minutes late and her parents were every strict they will still give her a punishment because she disobeyed the curfew her parents gave her. By having the curfew be a representation rule which comes along with a punishment if it is fulfilled as required. The list of rule we know that we must follow, obey, and the set of rules set for ourselves will have a have punishment for not following them like we are supposed to. This is what is called absolutism (….). rules that must be followed without an exception (….). Rules are set upon us everywhere, no cell phone allowed, no parking at any time, not dogs allowed. We know why these rules exist, but as human we don’t want them. We

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