Physical punishment

Physical punishment is a kind of abuse, in my point of view, it's really bad, both for children and parents.

According to psychologists, hitting children can be harmful for their development. Abusing children whatever their mistakes are, would make them think that they are useless and can not do things in the right way. One thing leads to another, they might lose their confidence. If you hit your children badly on the head, that might cause brain injuries, their IQ might be reduced. Furthermore, if parents are always rude and violent, children might become bullies. They might hit others when they are unhappy.

Evidence suggests that physically abusing children when parents are angry can result in serious physical damage. Parents often lose their temper when they are hitting children, if so, children may suffer from bruises, bleeding, broken limbs/ribs, brain damage, even death. It's no use when parents regret the damage they've caused.


Even physical punishment is very serious, but no evidence has been given that it really works. If parents keep hitting their children for a long time, they might get used to it, and they might get more rebellious. The relationship between parents and children may get worse.


To sum up, parents shouldn't use physical punishment without thinking the result.

Featherdale Wildlife Park

A day at Featherdale Wildlife Park

Last Tuesday AMEP A, B and C classes went on an excursion to the Featherdale Wildlife Park. We met at the bus bay outside Building A at 8:45 in the morning. The bus left TAFE at nine, about one hour later, we arrived at the park.

Susan gave each of us a passport, and we started to separate into small groups to visit the park.
We saw the red and green parrots and the long neck turtles at the first place. After crossing the small bridge we saw the Wombat, Cockatoo, small Kangaroos, and many kinds of birds. The Kangaroos were jumping around, so we could take photos with them.

Then we saw the Koalas, the baby Emus and the Tawny Frogmouths. The Koalas were so lazy, they stayed on the trees all the time without moving, but they are so cute. I touched one of them, and took some photos with him. But his fur was not as soft as I thought.
After we left the Koalas, we saw the Albino Kangaroos which is white Kangaroos. They are white because both of their parents are carriers of the albinism gene that cause a genetic disorder passed on to them. Surviving in the wild is not easy for them because they are easily seen by the predators.
Then we saw the bats, crocodile, snakes, Dingo and the impressive peacock was displaying its tail. And the escaped goat. Next to the peacock, there are big Kangaroos and big Emus.
On our way to the canteen, we saw the Devil and little penguins and some other beautiful birds. And this is my favourite picture, four little birds was sitting together, they are so lovely.
After lunch, we started to go back, we all met outside the park. We went back on the same bus, that took us an other one hour, we arrived at TAFE at about 2pm. That was a wonderful excursion, though I was tired.