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Essay On Disrespect In America

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There’s a very large issue these days with being too supportive of everything other people do. Supporting people is great as a principle, but it is getting out of hand. We, as Americans especially, are saying plenty of ludicrous statements about things ranging from our our health (specifically obesity) and disrespect towards others. We’ve gotten to the point where it’s actually offensive to say anything that could be wrong about somebody. As we all probably know, obesity is a very large problem in America. Over 70% of all adults in America are overweight or obese and about 33% of children in America are overweight or obese. This means that over 70% of adults in America have a higher blood cholesterol, increased blood pressure, have a higher …show more content…

Just because a child isn’t fully matured yet doesn’t mean that you should not give just and fair punishment for any actions that they commit. There are many times that this will happen with, “spoiled,” kids. They can have the mindset that they are better than another person because of their material things or because of their status. When this grows into disrespect, many times nobody will do anything. It should not be okay for any child, teenager, or adult to blatantly disrespect an authority figure, and yet, our classrooms and respect for those serving our country are at their worst it seems. Kids are being contemptuous directly towards a teacher, yet there’s nothing to be done. Why? Because teachers are never favored when something like this is brought up. The parent always has the benefit of the doubt, even when there’s untenable evidence that their child is in every which way accusable. 70 years back, we had the ability to physically harm students. While it isn’t ethically right to whip a child or hit his (or her) fingers with a ruler, they did have the utmost respect towards all of their superiors. We don’t need to physically harm anybody, but we ought to instill respect into children, should we continue to have a civil

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