Worse, the attitude that if a child fails a test she should take comfort that it is only a «brief failure» is completely out of touch with the severely punitive nature of high - stakes testing these days, in which a low test score can mean a student does not graduate, teachers are fired, and whole schools are shut down. (iamaneducator.com)
If any resulting prejudice for delay should have been identified and if such prejudice so warranted it, costs of a more punitive nature could have been awarded at the judicial review stage. (tdslaw.com)
Though it may be natural to react in a punitive nature, to share ourselves as a calm role model has a much stronger effect than any punishment in these highly emotional years. (shameproofparenting.com)