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- verb Present participle of
discipline .
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Examples
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Of course, the trick in disciplining is not laying hands on anybody, it’s making clear that you have a stronger will and will use an endless variety of punishments to enforce your will.
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It's easier than it sounds ... we've already morally outlawed spankings and giving teachers freedom in disciplining them.
Jeff Klima: How to Get Kids to Read Again Jeff Klima 2010
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I would like my school to be involved with me in disciplining my children in such matters.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
No News Is Bad News « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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His behavior in disciplining Xena, though rough, I also thought was correct, assuming you think he has any right to be in the enclosure in the first place, he had to discipline her as any elder chimp would in the wild, so that she would find her place in the group.
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You can see from this discussion a major reason why public school teachers don’t get the support they need in disciplining students, which in turn leads good teachers to flee to wealthy, well-behaved suburban schools, private schools, or quit teaching altogether and go work in some nice, quiet office.
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You can see from this discussion a major reason why public school teachers don’t get the support they need in disciplining students, which in turn leads good teachers to flee to wealthy, well-behaved suburban schools, private schools, or quit teaching altogether and go work in some nice, quiet office.
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They were equipped with pickhandles — a handy tool for the "disciplining" of a helpless man.
Chapter 3 2010
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Dewey ultimately had very little use for history or anthropology as ways of "disciplining" our understanding of human possibility, and this extends to his "theory" of art as well -- we should think of the Athenians as like "people in our own homes, and on our own streets."
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I truly hope they help this woman see how she is undermining what she is trying to teach rather than just "disciplining" her.
"What Do You All Know About that War in Iraq?" - SpouseBUZZ 2008
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