The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and support

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The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

If you treat a man as he is, he will stay as he is. If you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become that bigger and better man.

This saying encompasses the first part of the claim above and i agree that the best way to teach an indivivual is to commend positive actions, however, negative actions must not be neglected because failure to address negative traits may result in negative consequences for the individual and the society. I use the example of growing kids to show the need for reinforcing positive attributes and addressing negative ones.

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Sentence: He requested that the Judge allow him speak with his parents.
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Sentence: This saying encompasses the first part of the claim above and i agree that the best way to teach an indivivual is to commend positive actions, however, negative actions must not be neglected because failure to address negative traits may result in negative consequences for the individual and the society.
Error: indivivual Suggestion: individual

Sentence: For instance, if a parent is trying to inclucate the habit of saving out of his allowance and his child does so out of his own volition, the child would be further encouraged if he is recognized.
Error: inclucate Suggestion: inculcate

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